Community Led Homes
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We support people making homes together.
#Cohousing #CommunityLandTrusts #CooperativeHousing #Housing #Co-op
www.communityled.homes part of cds.coop in London & beyond
#Cohousing #CommunityLandTrusts #CooperativeHousing #Housing #Co-op
www.communityled.homes part of cds.coop in London & beyond
As long as it's #cohousing, residents can decide for themselves!
🏡 Senior cohousing or intergenerational living — how do they compare?
In this new #HLINViewpoint, Dr Kirsten Stevens-Wood weighs up both models, from tackling loneliness to building community across generations.
🔑 Read more: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...
In this new #HLINViewpoint, Dr Kirsten Stevens-Wood weighs up both models, from tackling loneliness to building community across generations.
🔑 Read more: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...
August 6, 2026 at 7:19 PM
As long as it's #cohousing, residents can decide for themselves!
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🏡 Senior cohousing or intergenerational living — how do they compare?
In this new #HLINViewpoint, Dr Kirsten Stevens-Wood weighs up both models, from tackling loneliness to building community across generations.
🔑 Read more: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...
In this new #HLINViewpoint, Dr Kirsten Stevens-Wood weighs up both models, from tackling loneliness to building community across generations.
🔑 Read more: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...
August 6, 2026 at 11:51 AM
🏡 Senior cohousing or intergenerational living — how do they compare?
In this new #HLINViewpoint, Dr Kirsten Stevens-Wood weighs up both models, from tackling loneliness to building community across generations.
🔑 Read more: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...
In this new #HLINViewpoint, Dr Kirsten Stevens-Wood weighs up both models, from tackling loneliness to building community across generations.
🔑 Read more: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...
E16 #CommunityLandTrust opens garden derelict for over 10 years. This the first phase of the CLT's vision to transform the Fords Park Rd building into a thriving community facility for all ages. It hosts the Young Minds Garden from the Chelsea Flower Show.
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E16 CLT opens community garden as first project - communityled.homes
E16 CLT opened their new community garden to the public last weekend, joined by Mayor Forhad Hussain, James Asser MP, local Councillors, project partners and many local residents. Derelict for […]
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July 24, 2026 at 2:03 PM
E16 #CommunityLandTrust opens garden derelict for over 10 years. This the first phase of the CLT's vision to transform the Fords Park Rd building into a thriving community facility for all ages. It hosts the Young Minds Garden from the Chelsea Flower Show.
More: communityled.homes/e16-clt-gard...
More: communityled.homes/e16-clt-gard...
Co-operation or Delegation?
The Housing 2026 conference played host to a debate on our interim findings from the Cooperation in Social Housing Commission as we develop a new 'collaborative management' approach. Learn more: communityled.homes/co-operation...
The Housing 2026 conference played host to a debate on our interim findings from the Cooperation in Social Housing Commission as we develop a new 'collaborative management' approach. Learn more: communityled.homes/co-operation...
Co-operation or Delegation? - communityled.homes
The Housing 2026 conference played host to a debate on our Interim findings from the Cooperation in Social Housing Commission. We are working on a replicable model of collaborative decision-making […]
communityled.homes
July 24, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Co-operation or Delegation?
The Housing 2026 conference played host to a debate on our interim findings from the Cooperation in Social Housing Commission as we develop a new 'collaborative management' approach. Learn more: communityled.homes/co-operation...
The Housing 2026 conference played host to a debate on our interim findings from the Cooperation in Social Housing Commission as we develop a new 'collaborative management' approach. Learn more: communityled.homes/co-operation...
Collective Ownership has a brand new website. Go to www.collectiveownership.co.uk and explore a fairer housing future, with stable, affordable home controlled by residents.
July 20, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Collective Ownership has a brand new website. Go to www.collectiveownership.co.uk and explore a fairer housing future, with stable, affordable home controlled by residents.
@centreforlondon.bsky.social opening remarks note that housing supply in London has kept up with population growth, but affordability is worse than ever. A distribution problem.
April 21, 2026 at 9:12 AM
@centreforlondon.bsky.social opening remarks note that housing supply in London has kept up with population growth, but affordability is worse than ever. A distribution problem.
#CollectiveOwnership has been braving the January weather and visiting properties suggested by member co-ops.
This one had 3 self-contained flats in one sale. Perfect for a small housing co-op where residents control their own homes together.
www.collectiveownership.co.uk
This one had 3 self-contained flats in one sale. Perfect for a small housing co-op where residents control their own homes together.
www.collectiveownership.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 7:19 PM
#CollectiveOwnership has been braving the January weather and visiting properties suggested by member co-ops.
This one had 3 self-contained flats in one sale. Perfect for a small housing co-op where residents control their own homes together.
www.collectiveownership.co.uk
This one had 3 self-contained flats in one sale. Perfect for a small housing co-op where residents control their own homes together.
www.collectiveownership.co.uk
CDS Co-operatives marks 50 years of innovation in #coop and #communityledhousing!
The ongoing stability of CDS shows that with the right support and mentoring, residents can control what matters most about their homes and neighbourhoods.
Read history here: www.cds.coop/2025/12/15/5...
The ongoing stability of CDS shows that with the right support and mentoring, residents can control what matters most about their homes and neighbourhoods.
Read history here: www.cds.coop/2025/12/15/5...
December 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
CDS Co-operatives marks 50 years of innovation in #coop and #communityledhousing!
The ongoing stability of CDS shows that with the right support and mentoring, residents can control what matters most about their homes and neighbourhoods.
Read history here: www.cds.coop/2025/12/15/5...
The ongoing stability of CDS shows that with the right support and mentoring, residents can control what matters most about their homes and neighbourhoods.
Read history here: www.cds.coop/2025/12/15/5...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Catch up on our occasional updates, check out back issues, subscribe for more: mailchi.mp/eb662cfb2d8a...
Check out the programme for Cooperation Day 2025 -
Sunday 13 July, 12-6pm at Cooperation Town Hub, London NW5 4RA. A full day of workshops on housing and all kinds of other co-ops, including the Collective Ownership Society and Gida Housing Co-op
Book free here:
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Sunday 13 July, 12-6pm at Cooperation Town Hub, London NW5 4RA. A full day of workshops on housing and all kinds of other co-ops, including the Collective Ownership Society and Gida Housing Co-op
Book free here:
lu.ma/tj0f030u
July 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Check out the programme for Cooperation Day 2025 -
Sunday 13 July, 12-6pm at Cooperation Town Hub, London NW5 4RA. A full day of workshops on housing and all kinds of other co-ops, including the Collective Ownership Society and Gida Housing Co-op
Book free here:
lu.ma/tj0f030u
Sunday 13 July, 12-6pm at Cooperation Town Hub, London NW5 4RA. A full day of workshops on housing and all kinds of other co-ops, including the Collective Ownership Society and Gida Housing Co-op
Book free here:
lu.ma/tj0f030u
The latest Urban Design Group Journal has a piece on giving people control and belonging, without the challenges encountered in traditional approaches to #communityledhousing.
We're discussing our new approaches on 14 July here:
www.udg.org.uk/events/2025/...
We're discussing our new approaches on 14 July here:
www.udg.org.uk/events/2025/...
July 9, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The latest Urban Design Group Journal has a piece on giving people control and belonging, without the challenges encountered in traditional approaches to #communityledhousing.
We're discussing our new approaches on 14 July here:
www.udg.org.uk/events/2025/...
We're discussing our new approaches on 14 July here:
www.udg.org.uk/events/2025/...
Last week, we joined public landowners and small builders at @london.gov.uk for #SmallSites knowledge sharing.
We 'pitched' #BuildBelonging, where we turn developments into strong communities with a sense of belonging and neighbourly living:
www.communityledhousing.london/build-belong...
We 'pitched' #BuildBelonging, where we turn developments into strong communities with a sense of belonging and neighbourly living:
www.communityledhousing.london/build-belong...
Build Belonging - community led housing london
Community led housing can add significant social value to developments, large and small, and save on some costs.
www.communityledhousing.london
June 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Last week, we joined public landowners and small builders at @london.gov.uk for #SmallSites knowledge sharing.
We 'pitched' #BuildBelonging, where we turn developments into strong communities with a sense of belonging and neighbourly living:
www.communityledhousing.london/build-belong...
We 'pitched' #BuildBelonging, where we turn developments into strong communities with a sense of belonging and neighbourly living:
www.communityledhousing.london/build-belong...
Revisit: How Older Women’s Co-Housing made New Ground. What can be learnt from this still rare and radical way of living together?
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/re...
The loss of the LOLC scheme "still stings" for us too.
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/re...
The loss of the LOLC scheme "still stings" for us too.
Revisit: How Older Women’s Co-Housing made New Ground
The senior co-housing scheme in Barnet, north London, was developed, funded and co-designed by a group of women, working with Pollard Thomas Edwards. Almost a decade after its completion, what can be ...
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Revisit: How Older Women’s Co-Housing made New Ground. What can be learnt from this still rare and radical way of living together?
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/re...
The loss of the LOLC scheme "still stings" for us too.
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/re...
The loss of the LOLC scheme "still stings" for us too.
We’re proud to support #CommunityLandTrusts on #WorldCLTDay2025.
Now with #CDS as a Registered Provider and the experience offering management services to #housingcoops we help enable communities like #RUSS and #NW3CLT achieve their ambitions for mixed neighbourhoods.
www.cds.coop/community-le...
Now with #CDS as a Registered Provider and the experience offering management services to #housingcoops we help enable communities like #RUSS and #NW3CLT achieve their ambitions for mixed neighbourhoods.
www.cds.coop/community-le...
May 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
We’re proud to support #CommunityLandTrusts on #WorldCLTDay2025.
Now with #CDS as a Registered Provider and the experience offering management services to #housingcoops we help enable communities like #RUSS and #NW3CLT achieve their ambitions for mixed neighbourhoods.
www.cds.coop/community-le...
Now with #CDS as a Registered Provider and the experience offering management services to #housingcoops we help enable communities like #RUSS and #NW3CLT achieve their ambitions for mixed neighbourhoods.
www.cds.coop/community-le...
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Great to see Leathermarket CBS Marklake Court on the Good Homes for All list. Cascaded benefits to 100s of households. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/ca...
Case study: Marklake Court by Bell Phillips
The council-funded, Bell Phillips-designed project was conceived by local residents, who formed the Leathermarket Community Benefit Society (CBS) to generate genuinely affordable new homes. Photograph...
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May 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Great to see Leathermarket CBS Marklake Court on the Good Homes for All list. Cascaded benefits to 100s of households. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/ca...
Trellis House Co-op is a newly forming #housingcoop looking for members to live in a beautiful shared house in the West London suburbs.
Check out www.collectiveownership.co.uk/become-a-res... if you’d like to join the co-op and for more information.
Share with anyone who might be interested!
Check out www.collectiveownership.co.uk/become-a-res... if you’d like to join the co-op and for more information.
Share with anyone who might be interested!
May 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Trellis House Co-op is a newly forming #housingcoop looking for members to live in a beautiful shared house in the West London suburbs.
Check out www.collectiveownership.co.uk/become-a-res... if you’d like to join the co-op and for more information.
Share with anyone who might be interested!
Check out www.collectiveownership.co.uk/become-a-res... if you’d like to join the co-op and for more information.
Share with anyone who might be interested!
'In the Shadow of the Shard' film screening 11 Jun, about Marklake Court, a #communityleddevelopment of council rent homes on existing estates, we often use as an example for councils.
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In the Shadow of the Shard
A film that celebrates codesign and what social housing can achieve when it embraces the true spirit of partnership with residents.
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May 13, 2025 at 6:48 AM
'In the Shadow of the Shard' film screening 11 Jun, about Marklake Court, a #communityleddevelopment of council rent homes on existing estates, we often use as an example for councils.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-sha...
@jpcookie50.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-sha...
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Latest on the London Assembly report, Property Development Bookclub podcast, and opportunities to join Gida Housing #Co-op and Laughton Lodge #Cohousing.
Sign up for more: us12.campaign-archive.com?u=a18489721a...
Sign up for more: us12.campaign-archive.com?u=a18489721a...
Assembly report, CLH on podcast, and chances to join co-ops and cohousing.
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May 13, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Latest on the London Assembly report, Property Development Bookclub podcast, and opportunities to join Gida Housing #Co-op and Laughton Lodge #Cohousing.
Sign up for more: us12.campaign-archive.com?u=a18489721a...
Sign up for more: us12.campaign-archive.com?u=a18489721a...
Mariposa Grove Cohousing is a democratically-governed community in North Oakland including renters and homeowners... A brief note on learnings from the States:
www.communityledhousing.london/mariposa-gro...
www.communityledhousing.london/mariposa-gro...
May 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Mariposa Grove Cohousing is a democratically-governed community in North Oakland including renters and homeowners... A brief note on learnings from the States:
www.communityledhousing.london/mariposa-gro...
www.communityledhousing.london/mariposa-gro...
lovely piece about Hazelmead Cohousing, Bridport by @rowanmoore.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/culture/arch...
observer.co.uk/culture/arch...
May 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
lovely piece about Hazelmead Cohousing, Bridport by @rowanmoore.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/culture/arch...
observer.co.uk/culture/arch...
Reviewing the recent London Assembly Report, we think new approaches such as Collective Ownership are essential to making community led housing quicker and easier for London's diverse communities 👇
www.communityledhousing.london/london-assem...
www.communityledhousing.london/london-assem...
London Assembly backs community led housing - community led housing london
The recent report from the London Assembly Housing Committee shines a light on Housing Co-ops and Community Land Trusts. It’s encouraging to see community-led housing being taken seriously at this […]
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April 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Reviewing the recent London Assembly Report, we think new approaches such as Collective Ownership are essential to making community led housing quicker and easier for London's diverse communities 👇
www.communityledhousing.london/london-assem...
www.communityledhousing.london/london-assem...
Widespread mandatory #Commonhold could give #communityledhousing widely understood structures to work with, and see some empowerment become mainstream.
We hope to help nuance proposals, and support group decisions on estate management, and adress conflict.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
We hope to help nuance proposals, and support group decisions on estate management, and adress conflict.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
New flats in England and Wales may soon all be commonhold. But what does it mean?
‘It’s very hands-on,’ say neighbours in a commonhold Bristol block set up 15 years ago and managed by the flat owners
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Widespread mandatory #Commonhold could give #communityledhousing widely understood structures to work with, and see some empowerment become mainstream.
We hope to help nuance proposals, and support group decisions on estate management, and adress conflict.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
We hope to help nuance proposals, and support group decisions on estate management, and adress conflict.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Good analysis of Graven Hill #selfbuild. Reflects our impression when we visited a couple of years ago.
Wonder what might have been with a little more #communityled in the mix, rather than a collection of individuals.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Wonder what might have been with a little more #communityled in the mix, rather than a collection of individuals.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Ours was inspired by the Empire State Building!’ The chaotic brilliance of the UK’s biggest self-build town
It is a place where a Disney-ish castle, complete with turrets, sits near a scaly ‘pangolin’ house. But is Graven Hill now straying from the DIY vision that made its anarchic jumble of styles so mesme...
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Good analysis of Graven Hill #selfbuild. Reflects our impression when we visited a couple of years ago.
Wonder what might have been with a little more #communityled in the mix, rather than a collection of individuals.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Wonder what might have been with a little more #communityled in the mix, rather than a collection of individuals.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Easter podcast listening! covering what #communityledhousing is, what makes it unique, how it addresses affordability, misconceptions, barriers, and how it could scale without loosing the diverse resident control that makes it so powerful.
www.communityledhousing.london/property-dev...
www.communityledhousing.london/property-dev...
Property Development Book Club podcast - community led housing london
Our director, Levent Kerimol joined Hanna Afolabi from Mood & Space and Selasi Setufe MBE to talk about community led housing for the Property Development Book Club podcast. The conversation […]
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April 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Easter podcast listening! covering what #communityledhousing is, what makes it unique, how it addresses affordability, misconceptions, barriers, and how it could scale without loosing the diverse resident control that makes it so powerful.
www.communityledhousing.london/property-dev...
www.communityledhousing.london/property-dev...
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Not enough cash and too many barriers for community-led housing, Khan warned
Not enough cash and too many barriers for community-led housing, Khan warned
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Not enough cash and too many barriers for community-led housing, Khan warned