by Cooper | Nov 2, 2019 | Build Our Neighborhoods
Cooper The organizing necessary to build community-controlled housing models and fight for the policies that help make them possible require community stability and an end to involuntary displacement. The following policies will help stabilize communities to put them...
by Cooper | Nov 2, 2019 | Own Our Workplaces
Cooper Recognizing the numerous social and economic benefits of worker cooperatives, cities must preferentially do business with local worker cooperative businesses. Preferential contracting and procurement policies give worker cooperatives access to large and stable...
by Cooper | Nov 1, 2019 | Build Our Neighborhoods
Cooper East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative; Source: ebprec.org Democratize the housing finance system by enabling Public Banking and community funding models such as Permanent Real Estate Co-operatives, Community Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), and other...
by Cooper | Nov 1, 2019 | Own Our Workplaces
Cooper Federal, state, and local governments should encourage and reward fully democratic workplaces, which provide worker and community supports more than any other business model. Most states do not currently recognize worker coops as distinct legal entities. A...
