Over the past three years, the Social Housing Foundation (SHF) has facilitated a national co-operative housing programme supported by the South African and Norwegian governments. Through this programme, various housing projects around the country have received funds and support for capacity-building, as part of a pilot programme to investigate the types of co-operative housing projects most suitable for delivery of housing to low-income people. In all cases the co-operatives studied have improved the quality of life of their members, contributed to alleviation of poverty, and addressed social issues such as HIV/AIDS. SHF commissioned case studies of a number of pilot co-operative housing projects and has consolidated the findings in this document. Particular emphasis has been placed on identifying lessons learnt which can assist in developing appropriate models for low-income co-operative housing in the future. Click here to read the document.