The system of private property in the UK sucks: Rents are suffocating, landlords are profit sucking vampires, house prices are astronomic.
Housing co-operatives offer potential solutions to these problems. They are a type of rented housing where there are no landlords, tenants control the rents, and the house is removed from the speculative housing market forever.
Setting them up can be a challenge - as with doing anything that is not the mainstream norm there are a lot of things to learn and work out during the process. Wherever you are in that process (between “this idea seems neat, I want to learn more” to “I’ve been doing this for decades and I want to help out the newbies”) come along to this regular event to chat about housing co-ops.
Current Facilitator
Danny Garside is a part of a group trying to start a housing co-op in North East London (provisionally called “Perennial Housing Co-op”), a member of the Radical Routes digital and finance working groups, and an all-round co-op nerd who wants to see more (housing) co-ops come into existence.
Feel free to get in contact with Danny for any additional information about the event atdannygarside@outlook.com or +447588452204.
About the Venue
SPACE4 is a part of Outlandish, a tech worker-cooperative committed to creating social and economic change. We run SPACE4 to invest in our local community, democratic business, and social movements. We achieve this through providing affordable workspace, networking and training events, and consultancy from our base in Finsbury Park. We are a hub for social innovators and digital activists. Don’t hesitate to get in touch or visit us.
SPACE4 Website: https://space4.tech
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