Housing co-ops: one way to find an affordable home | Money | The Guardian

Housing co-ops: one way to find an affordable home | Money | The Guardian

Housing co-operatives are common in many parts of the world but have never really taken off in the UK. But is that about to change? Community co-operatives have rescued pubs, shops and other vital amenities. Now, with sky-high property prices in many parts of the UK, groups of like-minded people are coming together to form co-ops to buy a property to live in – something they would never be able to do individually.