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ICA Housing Board meeting and symposium - London: 6-8 October 2010

Published 07/1/2010

The next meeting of the ICA Housing Board will take place in London, England on 6 October 2010. It will be followed by a two day Symposium on the 7th and 8th of October. The first day will be dedicated to financial issues such as accessing capital for new housing development, aging housing stock refinancing, and financing co-operatives for senior (retirement) housing. The second day will be devoted to continuing the discussions on the role of housing co-operatives in tackling climate change.

Further information will be sent out in August. Please contact s.moreau@icahousing.coop or j.cameron@icahousing.coop for more information.

New India Country Profile Posted

Published 07/29/2009

A new country profile on the history and current setup of housing cooperatives in India is now available to read. Click here to read it. » Read More

New Pakistan Country Profile Posted

Published 07/27/2009

A new country profile on the history and current setup of housing cooperatives in Pakistan is now available to read. Click here to read it. » Read More

Portugal Housing Co-operative Country Profile Posted

Published 07/15/2009

The housing co-operative profile for Portugal has been posted. Click here to read the profile. FENACHE have also produced a Charter outlining its role and out it plans on ensuring quality cooperative housing in Portugal, click here to read it in full. » Read More

ICA Housing Survey - Housing Co-operative Priorities

Published 07/7/2009

ICA Housing Board and Staff are interested to hear about the issues you are facing in serving your housing co-operatives members. Click here to take the survey.

We hope to make our website relevant and engaging for our members and your feedback will guide us in searching information that is most useful for you.

With a more short-term goal in mind, your answers will also help up in developing an attracting and interesting program for the upcoming meetings – seminar and plenary – to be held next November in conjunction with the ICA General Assembly.

Needless to say that your collaboration is most appreciated.

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ICA Housing e-bulletin - Issue 5 Summer 2010

In this issue:

New ICA Housing Board
Board Vacancy
ICA Sectoral Organisation Discussions
CECODHAS
ILO Resolution 193
Bringing Democracy Home
ICA Housing – 2 day symposium: October 2010

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Financing Housing Co-operatives in a Credit Crunch

Financing the development of housing co-operatives is a challenge and more so in time of financial restrictions and uncertainty.

ICA Housing Members discussed the issue during the Seminar held in November 2009 in Geneva. Five presentations were made by ICA Housing members showing interesting and innovative initiatives.

Also included is a presentation made by Ancab - Legacoop at the Cecodhas meeting in September 2009.

Impact of the financial crisis on housing coops in Europe - Hachmann

Leveraging assets to reduce borrowing costs - David Rodgers

The effects of recession on Canadian housing co-operatives - Nick Gazzard

Combination of a Housing Coop with a Saving Institution - Franz-Bernd Grosse-Wilde

SVW - Stephan Schwitter

National Italian Housing plan - Luciano Caffini

New Interactive ICA Housing Member Map

We have just activated a new page that replaces the old member list with a dynamic map populated by a new database that allows for easier access to information on ICA Housing Members and ICA Housing Co-operative around the world. Visitors can now search on a variety of categories, competencies, and countries.

Please browse over to the new interface and enjoy the new and improved experience.

ICA Housing E-Bulletin #4 - Oct/Nov 2009