Emulating the co-operative housing sectors in Canada and Scandinavia could help ease the UK’s housing crisis, according to a new paper from Social Market Foundation.
Canada’s co-op sector is three times bigger than the UK’s, and co-ops account for almost a quarter of Swedish homes.
In the paper, cross-party think tank the Social Market Foundation (SMF) highlights the fact that the UK lags behind other English-speaking countries and Scandinavia when it comes to its share of co-operative housing.
Read the full article, UK should learn from co-operative housing in Canada and Scandinavia, think tank says, in Scottish Housing News, 11 April 2024
Teaser photo sourced from Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada