24 sites listedArcosantihttp://www.arcosanti.org/This is an excellent site detailing the birth, construction and reasons behind Arcosanti, the experimental town in the high desert of Arizona housing 7000 people. Demonstrating ways to improve urban conditions and lessen destructive impacts on the earth, the site highlights the artistic, energy efficient and affordable means of construction, includes event and workshop information, is fully searchable, and is available in English, Italian, Spanish or German.Rating: ExcellentLocation: Mayer, Arizona, USARelated pages: USA, USA, Arizona, Multi-National, State / Regional / Local, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Construction / Product, Design / Architectural, Environmental / Sustainable, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative Bethesda Projecthttp://www.netaxs.com/people/bethesda/This site highlights Bethesda’s mission to “nurture the possibilities of common life in small communities of disabled, homeless, single people, so that they can serve themselves, care for one another, and support one another’s needs, ambitions, and hopes.” Information provided includes their goals, services, various shelters (with location and contact information provided), and their volunteer needs.Rating: InformativeLocation: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USARelated pages: USA, USA, Pennsylvania, State / Regional / Local, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Disability Concern, Assisted Living, Cohousing / Cooperative, Shelter / Homeless, Single Room Occupancy, Transitional Cohousing and the Artshttp://www.newview.org/arts.htmThis page describes a resident of New View Cohousing’s attitudes about cohousing, how it is related to the Arts, and the larger community of adults, children, and the surrounding environment.Rating: InformativeLocation: Acton, Massachusetts, USARelated pages: USA, USA, Massachusetts, State / Regional / Local, Index / Periodical, Environmental / Sustainable, Cohousing / Cooperative Cohousing Networkhttp://www.cohousing.org/The Cohousing Network site offers information about resources, groups, and events related to cohousing and intentional communities. Other information includes existing communities, motivation behind cohousing, listservs, mailing lists, journals, and links to related resources.Rating: RecommendedLocation: Davis, California, USARelated pages: USA, USA, California, National, Non-Profit Organization, Index / Periodical, Environmental / Sustainable, Cohousing / Cooperative Cooperative Housing Federation of Canadahttp://www.chfc.ca/This site details the benefits of co-operative housing, detailing its affordability, community atmosphere, security of tenure and democratic control. Educational materials, related sites, principles of co-operative housing establishments, and Canadian resources are also provided. Available in English or French.Rating: InformativeLocation: Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaRelated pages: Canada, Canada, Ontario, National, Membership Group, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Environmental / Sustainable, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative Design Center for American Urban Landscape — University of Minnesotahttp://gumby.arch.umn.edu/dcaul/DCAUL.htmlThis web site provides an overview of their mission, publications and staff, including community development, public housing, and sustainable development projects.Rating: InformativeLocation: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USARelated pages: USA, USA, Minnesota, State / Regional / Local, University Program, Affordable / Assisted, Fair housing, Design / Architectural, Environmental / Sustainable, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative, Shelter / Homeless, Transitional Encyclopedia of Housinghttp://www.sagepub.com/sagepage/encyclopedia_of_housing.htmAn excellent site detailing the newly released master reference book, this site includes the master list of entries, excerpts, and the introduction. Entries include brief definitions, historical background, descriptive statistics, policy analysis, critical assessment, and suggestions for further study, listing classic works and key publications.Rating: ExcellentLocation: California, USARelated pages: USA, USA, California, Index / Periodical, Affordable / Assisted, Disability Concern, Fair housing, Legal / Policy, Construction / Product, Design / Architectural, Environmental / Sustainable, Neighborhood / Community, Assisted Living, Cohousing / Cooperative, Hospice / Healthcare, Manufactured, Shelter / Homeless, Single Room Occupancy, Transitional Ferguslie Park Partnershiphttp://www.ccis.org.uk/fp/This site provides information about this Scottish cooperative housing development which allows residents to take “greater responsibility for their own affairs, take a full part in the economic life of Paisley, Renfrew and Glasgow and to live in decent housing in a pleasant environment.” Heavily relying on community activism, shared resources, and combined economic resources, this development incorporates methods of cohousing and healthy neighborhood planning in one development. Information is provided about education, poverty, homelessness, community issues, and related topics as discussed by the Ferguslie Park Partnership.Rating: RecommendedLocation: Paisley, Scotland, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, Scotland, State / Regional / Local, Non-Profit Organization, Environmental / Sustainable, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative Homes For Changehttp://www.gabriel.co.uk/heaven/h4c/h4c.html”Homes for Change is a co-operative venture generating a mixture of housing and workspace in the United Kingdom,” whose goal is to “to prove that quality design is affordable for just about anyone. No longer can poor quality housing be justified on the basis of cost.” Project photographs and plans, as well as goals, history and a handbook for co-operative development design are included on the site.Rating: RecommendedLocation: Manchester, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Design / Architectural, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative Housing Corporationhttp://www.demon.co.uk/hcorp/This site is the home of “a public body supporting social housing in England by working with Registered Social Landlords and others to provide good homes for those in housing need.” While the effort seems worthwhile, there is little information provided on their homepage.Rating: InformativeLocation: London, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative Housing Managementhttp://www.york.ac.uk/inst/chp/hm.htmThis site details publication information about various Housing Management books and articles available from the University of York.Rating: RecommendedLocation: York, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, Index / Periodical, University Program, Affordable / Assisted, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative, Shelter / Homeless Housing Todayhttp://www.housingtoday.org.uk/This is the site for the online version of “UK’s leading weekly magazine for social housing providers.” It contains the latest articles and features, job listings, links to related resources, a searchable archive of past issues, directory of products and services, events and subscription information, and is very well organized and easy use.Rating: RecommendedLocation: London, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Non-Profit Organization, Index / Periodical, Affordable / Assisted, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative Intentional Communitieshttp://www.well.com/user/cmty/Sponsored by the Fellowship for Intentional Communities, this is a comprehensive site of Intentional Communities worldwide (cohousing, ecovillages, communes, co-ops, and urban housing cooperatives). The site includes a massive directory of communities, their magazine, extensive background information about Intentional Communities and a wide collection of related information.Rating: RecommendedLocation: Rutledge, Missouri, USARelated pages: USA, USA, Missouri, Multi-National, Membership Group, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Design / Architectural, Environmental / Sustainable, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative Liverpool Housing Trusthttp://www.lht.co.uk/This Trust and site “exist to promote and provide high quality affordable housing services for people in need within and around Merseyside through the efficient use of human, physical and financial resources and the active participation of tenants in the management and control of the association.” Providing information about social housing in the United Kingdom and worldwide, this site also includes an excellent links page, and listing of their services, tenancies and supported initiatives.Rating: InformativeLocation: Liverpool, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Disability Concern, Fair housing, Legal / Policy, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative National Community Housing Forumhttp://www.merlin.com.au/nchf/Promoting a housing alternative that offers renters many of the advantages of home ownership, the NCHF site includes a variety of information about community housing, housing alternatives in Australia and details of Australian housing policy issues affecting housing problems.Rating: RecommendedLocation: Ultimo, New South Wales, AustraliaRelated pages: Australia, Australia, New South Wales, National, Non-Profit Organization, Index / Periodical, Legal / Policy, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative, Shelter / Homeless New View Cohousinghttp://www.newview.org/This site describes the process, trials, and tribulations of creating a new cohousing community in the Boston area in 1989. Details include their bylaws, construction descriptions, and cohousing information pages.Rating: InformativeLocation: Acton, Massachusetts, USARelated pages: USA, USA, Massachusetts, State / Regional / Local, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative Non-Market Housing in Vancouverhttp://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/commsvcs/housing/sochouse/page1.htmThis site is an inventory of all non-market housing (“housing owned by government, a non-profit or cooperative society”) in Vancouver, British Columbia, organized by neighborhood. Maps and details of each housing development is listed with appropriate contact information, as well as links to the City of Vancouver municipal homepage and other community sites.Rating: InformativeLocation: Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaRelated pages: Canada, Canada, British Columbia, State / Regional / Local, Affordable / Assisted, Assisted Living, Cohousing / Cooperative, Single Room Occupancy Poptel InfoSource — Housing Issues Bulletin Boardhttp://www.poptel.org.uk/housing/This site provides pertinent information about this United Kingdom based bulletin board, aimed at providing “an open forum for anyone interested in UK housing to discuss any issues relevant to housing, homelessness and related issues.” Details of how to join and post to the list, and other list information is provided.Rating: RecommendedLocation: Manchester, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Index / Periodical, Affordable / Assisted, Disability Concern, Fair housing, Legal / Policy, Special Interest / Minority, Design / Architectural, Environmental / Sustainable, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative, Hospice / Healthcare, Shelter / Homeless, Transitional Seattle Department of Housing and Human Serviceshttp://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/seattle/dhhs/dhhs-pg.htmThis site includes a variety of information bout Seattle’s DHHS programs, services, initiatives, and general information. Details about Seattle’s aging and youth populations, tenant rights, housing options, energy efficiency, homeowner’s assistance, energy conservation programs, and housing discrimination are provided.Rating: RecommendedLocation: Seattle, Washington, USARelated pages: USA, USA, Washington, State / Regional / Local, Affordable / Assisted, Disability Concern, Fair housing, Legal / Policy, Special Interest / Minority, Environmental / Sustainable, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative, Shelter / Homeless, Transitional Tweed Eco-Village Projecthttp://www.maths.unsw.edu.au/~brianj/tev.htmlThis site explores an environmentally beneficial village structure based on the permaculture concept. This project is accessible to 200 low income households, and their site provides details on low cost housing, energy efficient homes, farming, small industries, services and social activities.Rating: InformativeLocation: Murwillumbah, New South Wales, AustraliaRelated pages: Australia, Australia, New South Wales, State / Regional / Local, Non-Profit Organization, Design / Architectural, Environmental / Sustainable, Cohousing / Cooperative Two Echo Cohousing Communityhttp://www.maine.com/awilcox/cohousing/Information about this community’s visions, goals, and purpose, information packet, specific details, and cohousing in general is provided on this site.Rating: InformativeLocation: Brunswick, Maine, USARelated pages: USA, USA, Maine, State / Regional / Local, Non-Profit Organization, Cohousing / Cooperative Two-Piers Housing Cooperativehttp://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~twopiers/twopiers/welcome.htmlThis site details the elements of this cooperative housing development’s lifestyle, community, and organizational techniques. Principles, meetings, and related details are provided.Rating: InformativeLocation: Sussex, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, State / Regional / Local, Non-Profit Organization, Cohousing / Cooperative Westwood Cohousinghttp://westwoodcoho.home.mindspring.com/westwood.htmlThe site for a newly constructed cohousing community in rural North Carolina includes information about cohousing, site and floor plans, community meeting minutes, the history of Westwood, and various energy efficient and environmentally friendly techniques used in construction. Details on how to join Westwood or other cohousing communities is also provided.Rating: RecommendedLocation: Asheville, North Carolina, USARelated pages: USA, USA, North Carolina, State / Regional / Local, Design / Architectural, Environmental / Sustainable, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative Windsong Cohousing Communityhttp://www.cdnl.com/windsong/This site includes a variety of cohousing information, both in general and specific to Windsong. There are not only site plans and details of the cohousing community, press releases, and publications relating to it, but twenty photographs of the community, as well.Rating: InformativeLocation: Langley, British Columbia, CanadaRelated pages: Canada, Canada, British Columbia, Non-Profit Organization, Design / Architectural, Cohousing / Cooperative