NAHC Cooperative Housing Bulletin

The Cooperative Housing Bulletin (CHB), published quarterly, contains articles for co-op board members and professionals, up-to-date news on legislative issues that NAHC is monitoring, and practical information on issues facing housing cooperatives.

Select contents from our November/December 2008 issue include:

NAHC takes the lead on addressing housing crisis
The NAHC board, during its October meeting, approved a policy of encouraging cooperative homeownership as a better way to deal with large-scale single-family foreclosure disasters. Properly established membership cooperatives have a good record of acquiring, owning and operating distressed properties, including single-family homes, on a continuing and more affordable basis. Read complete story in the "Members Only" CHB page.

“A Cooperative Solution,” a White Paper prepared by the NAHC legislative committee
Established in 1960, NAHC and its 10 regional associations provide education, inspiration and service to housing cooperatives with well over a million families. NAHC’s Board of Directors at its September 2008 meeting unanimously supported a cooperative approach to affordable housing ownership and preservation of individually owned houses faced with foreclosures.

Basic premises: Housing cooperatives provide cooperative homeownership at significantly lower cost, especially for families of low and moderate income. Read complete story in the "Members Only" CHB page.

National Cooperative Business Association prepares legislative agenda
NCBA is preparing its legislative agenda, including broad participation and use of the cooperative model to address today’s challenges, as well as specific proposals for how cooperatives can be incorporated into current and proposed programs. NCBA distributed their Public Policy Priorities for 2009, which are listed below, and include NAHC’s Land Only Cooperative issue. Read complete story in the "Members Only" CHB page.

“There’s a cooperative way out of this mess”
Paul Hazen, president and CEO of the National Cooperative Business Association, first published this article in the Houston Chronicle that suggests the cooperative business plan approach can help solve the present economic crisis! We agree. Here are some thoughts on how this approach can be applied. Read complete story in the "Members Only" CHB page.

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