Building A Co Operative Community In Public Housing
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Building A Co Operative Community In Public Housing
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Author : Jorge Sousa
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2013-12-06
Building A Co Operative Community In Public Housing written by Jorge Sousa and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-06 with Social Science categories.
Public housing projects were the original form of government supported housing for low-income residents. Over the last fifty years many projects have struggled with high crime rates and numerous social problems. One solution proposed to address these ongoing issues is granting residents decision-making power within their community by converting into a co-operative. Building a Co-operative Community in Public Housing follows the journey of a Toronto public housing complex as it was converted into a resident-operated co-operative, a first in Canada. Jorge Sousa traces the story of Alexandra Park, which became the Atkinson Housing Co-operative in 2003 after a ten-year conversion process. Sousa, who himself was raised in the community, provides an empirical account of the contributing factors that influenced its decision to pursue community-based control, as well as the experiences of both residents and government officials engaged in this process. Finally, Building a Co-operative Community in Public Housing offers a framework for other communities facing similar circumstances who want to learn how to go about undertaking this process. All royalties from this book will be contributed to the Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto Charitable Fund.
Cooperative Housing Compendium
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Author : Lottie Cohen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Cooperative Housing Compendium written by Lottie Cohen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Housing, Cooperative categories.
Building A Co Operative Community
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Author : Jorge Manuel Sousa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Building A Co Operative Community written by Jorge Manuel Sousa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Housing, Cooperative categories.
The members of the Atkinson Housing Co-operative in Toronto, formerly known as the Alexandra Park housing project, worked with the co-operative sector and negotiated with the provincial and municipal government housing agency for over ten years to become Canada's first tenant-managed non-profit public-housing co-operative in April of 2003. The aim of this thesis is to document, analyze and interpret the Atkinson conversion process in order to develop a framework that explains the process under which the Atkinson community gained control by converting into a co-operative. The conversion was the response to persistent appeals by Alexandra Park's residents for improvements to maintenance response time and to security of the property. The conversion means that the residents will not only have the opportunity to develop policies that directly affect their lives but they will also be able to decide how to implement such policies. Even prior to the formation of the Atkinson Housing Co-operative, this community had been strong and cohesive; hence, the residents' desire to gain greater control and form a co-operative was consistent with the community's collective identity. Over the years, different events and activities brought the community together, while others created divisions. Eight events were identified as having contributed to the growth of this community, from inception to conversion. This thesis systematically interprets those events using seven elements: community resources, social capital, community leadership, community consciousness, role of government, cultural change, and resource mobilization. The objective of this thesis is to use those elements as the basis for a Framework for Community-Based Control that can be applied to other disempowered communities seeking greater control. The Framework for Community-Based Control contains four factors: community assets, capacity strategies, critical consciousness, and social action. The policy implications of the framework are explored in the context of recent changes to the social housing system within the province of Ontario.
Building Communities The Co Operative Way
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Author : Johnston Birchall
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 1988-01-01
Building Communities The Co Operative Way written by Johnston Birchall and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-01-01 with Housing categories.
Realizing The Cooperative Advantage At The Atkinson Housing Cooperative
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Author : Jorge Sousa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Realizing The Cooperative Advantage At The Atkinson Housing Cooperative written by Jorge Sousa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
The cooperative model has become a reliable option to correct or soften the alienating features and dominance of private and public orientations to individual and social development. Proponents advocate that greater cooperation can build stronger communities that foster social cohesion and inclusion. On April 1st, 2003 the Alexandra Park Housing Project became Canada's first public housing project to convert into a housing cooperative, now known as the Atkinson Housing Cooperative. The conversion means that the residents will not only have the opportunity to develop policies that directly affect their lives but they will also be able to decide how to implement such policies reflecting a community development focus of solidarity and agency. The purpose of this paper is to describe the central role that community development had on the outcome of converting public housing to cooperative housing. In this paper I explore community development activities that transfer the principles and values of cooperation into organizational and community settings as the primary means to discover the “cooperative advantage”
Building Better Communities
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Author : Cooperative Housing Movement
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date :
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Cooperative Housing United States Denmark Holland Great Britain Norway France Switzerland Sweden
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Author : United States. Housing and Home Finance Agency. Library
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1950
Cooperative Housing United States Denmark Holland Great Britain Norway France Switzerland Sweden written by United States. Housing and Home Finance Agency. Library and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1950 with Housing, Cooperative categories.
The Hidden History Of Housing Cooperatives
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Author : Allan David Heskin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The Hidden History Of Housing Cooperatives written by Allan David Heskin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Housing, Cooperative categories.
Villages In Cities
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Author : Hawley Joshua Hawley
language : en
Publisher: Black Rose Books Ltd.
Release Date : 2019-10-15
Villages In Cities written by Hawley Joshua Hawley and has been published by Black Rose Books Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-15 with Political Science categories.
In Montreal in 1968, speculators announced their 'urban renewal' plan to demolish six blocks of the downtown heritage neighborhood of Milton Parc in order to build enormous high-rise condos, hotels, office buildings, and shopping malls. The local community viewed this as a declaration of war. What followed was a remarkable struggle that not only saved the heritage architecture from destruction but also protected local residents from gentrification through the creation of the largest nonprofit cooperative housing project on an urban community land trust in North America. And Milton Parc is not unique. Villages in Cities takes us across North America-to New York, Boston, Burlington, Oakland, Jackson, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, and Vancouver-to show concrete examples of citizens taking back the land and claiming their right to secure housing. The book draws connections among these projects, examines their underlying causes, and connects them with a holistic "e;Right to the City"e; movement that is emerging internationally.
Co Operative Canada
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Author : Brett Fairbairn
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2014-10-15
Co Operative Canada written by Brett Fairbairn and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-15 with Social Science categories.
A shift in US bank policy. A demonstration in Greece. A tsunami in Japan. In recent times, these kinds of events have had profound effects on the economic well-being of Canadians. In such a heavily globalized environment, it may seem that only large corporations with access to transnational resources can operate successfully, but Co-operative Canada demonstrates that this is not the case. Despite economic pressures following the 2008 recession, co-operatives in Canada are thriving. In fact, there are approximately nine thousand co-ops across the nation with a combined membership of about 18 million members – more than half the population of Canada. Drawing on the results of a large research project that examined co-operatives in communities from coast to coast to coast, Co-operative Canada reveals how Canadians are using the co-operative model to collectively respond to the forces of globalization through local, community-owned enterprises. It does this through specific examples that vividly describe the pragmatic realities of the communities these co-ops serve.