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'A Community Right to Buy would ensure more assets come onto the market & put pressure on owners to use their assets more productively or sell them to communities.’ Join us to continue the conversation at our Unleashing Community Ownership seminar. BOOK HERE https://lnkd.in/ej4EchEA

Valuable advice and insights for anyone considering a career in the housing sector. Check it out below ⬇️

BOARD MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Each neighborhood boasts its distinct soundtrack, yet certain sounds can prove quite disruptive. Here are some practical strategies for effectively addressing HOA noise complaints while fostering harmonious community relations: https://ow.ly/cbWO30sBmgf

CLT Resource Alert: Our Researchers are attending today's webinar, "Chinatown Land Trusts in Action: A Path to Community Resilience," hosted by Next City. For decades, Chinatowns have collectively acquired properties via community land trusts to resist being displaced in gentrifying neighborhoods. Tune into the conversation with us today, hosted by Oscar Abello, to understand the new challenges CLTs now face and how communities are organizing in Los Angeles, Toronto, and Boston https://lnkd.in/ejXbu2UR?

BOARD MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Each neighborhood boasts its distinct soundtrack, yet certain sounds can prove quite disruptive. Here are some practical strategies for effectively addressing HOA noise complaints while fostering harmonious community relations: https://ow.ly/k0R530sBmnT

The Co-operative Party are delighted to have launched Unleashing Community Ownership, the report of the Community Ownership Commission. Authored by Mark Gregory, Visiting Professor at Staffordshire University, the report provides a detailed plan on how we can expand community owned business in every region of the UK. This agenda will be key in reversing the decline of our high streets and town centres under a potential future Labour & Co-op Government. https://lnkd.in/eBnPGe-W

Great to read this report by the Community Ownership Commission, with support from the Co-operative Party, highlighting the potential to increase the scale and impact of community ownership in the UK. We see community ownership as a powerful avenue for empowering local groups, helping them control the assets and services they use while fostering a stronger sense of community pride and belonging. Despite evident demand, there is still a need to provide more support to communities in many parts of the country so they can build the necessary capabilities to take on asset ownership. The report outlines five key policy recommendations to help communities unleash the full benefits of ownership. Read more below ⬇️ #CommunityOwnership #SocialImpactInvesting

NACEDA's latest report, "Community Economic Development Organizations & Their Financial Health" offers a snapshot of the financial health of community development organizations (CDOs) nationwide. CDOs direct more than $25 billion in revenue annually towards facilitating affordable housing, boosting small businesses, and delivering vital services to communities that have experienced disinvestment. From small-scale to large, this informative study offers insights into the sector's financial landscape. Read the full report here: https://smpl.is/8m5b6

BIG’s Housing Co-op Initiative took shape in 2023 as housing changemakers recognized the potential of deep collaboration to expand opportunities for community governance of housing and the creation of housing co-operatives. This peer learning initiative created space to share, ask questions, meet partners and advance shared goals around cooperatively managed housing. Keep an eye out as this work evolves in 2024. Read how our initiative was launched here: https://hubs.la/Q02yldqg0

Unlock the secrets to attracting, retaining, and building a thriving community of residents with "Social Synergy: Mastering the ABCs of Resident Attraction, Retention, and Community Building," a compact guide authored by industry expert Elaine Simpson. https://ow.ly/rqZp50QHjC2