Social Justice and the Co-operative City David Rodgers President, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Social Justice and the Co-operative City David Rodgers President, International Co-operative Alliance Housing Sector Organisation www.icahousing.coop

Ebenezer Howard: the founder of the Garden City Movement

International Co-operative Alliance “a co -operative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically controlled enterprise ” ICA Statement of Co-operative Identity: September 1995

Co-operative Values “Co -operatives are based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity. In the tradition of their founders, co-operative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others”

International Co-operative Alliance Co-operative Principles 1. Voluntary and Open membership 2. Democratic Member Control 3. Member Economic Participation 4. Autonomy and Independence 5. Education, Training and Information 6. Co-operation among Co-operatives 7. Concern for Community

Key information : • Over 900 million individual members worldwide are members of cooperatives affiliated to the ICA • The largest 300 cooperatives – the Global 300 – turnover US$ 1.6 trillion – a turnover equal to the world’s 9 th largest economy • Cooperatives provide more that 100 million jobs worldwide • Financial cooperatives serve over 857 million people - 13% of the world’s population

Co-operatives: role in world economy “Co -operatives contribute directly to improve the standards of living of half the World’s population”. (Background paper for United Dame Pauline Green Nations World Summit on Social President Development, Copenhagen International Co-operative Alliance 1995)

International Co-operative Alliance Co-operative Enterprises worldwide ICA Housing is a sectoral organisation of the International Co-operative Alliance. It was established to promote the development of co-operative housing in all countries, and in particular developing countries, as an economic and social contribution to the problem of providing shelter.

Three types of housing co-operative • Rental • Limited equity • Market value  but some are a combination of all 3 Oslo Buildings and Savings Co-operative, Norway

Sanford Housing Co-operative, New Cross, London, England 10

Kapelleveld, Brussels, Belgium 11

Perryview Housing Co-operative, Bexley, Kent 12

Norway 13

“Profiles of a movement: Co-operative Housing around the World” www.icahousing.coop 14

LILAC Mutual Home Ownership Co-operative, Leeds, England www.lilac.coop

New foundations : • Published in January 2009 • Proposes a new form of • co-operative/mutual housing tenure: • CLT owns the land • The Mutual owns the housing built on it financed by a corporate mortgage loan • Members own equity shares in the Mutual’s property portfolio www.party.coop

Sir Winston Churchill