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Updates from the USA, CAN, GBR, AUS and NLD.
Networking – While we are meeting virtually and unable to talk informally over coffee and snacks, there will be several breakout rooms throughout the day. So prepare your own coffee/tea and snacks on hand to simulate the breaks between conference sessions.
Botanico (BEL)
Marmalade Lane (UK)
Housing 21 (UK)
Cohousing Pioneer Katie McCamant (Cohousing Solutions) will discuss the most common US cohousing development models. Joren Bass (UD+P) will share specific examples from around the US.
In the past decade following the first International Cohousing Summit, several countries have passed legislative and planning policies to encourage the development of cohousing schemes. We will hear from Angelica Rojas-Gracia (IncluDesign, Australia) along with Nanju Do and Yunhwa Chung (Seoul Metropolitan Government) on their initiatives.
One of the major challenges for forming groups is resources for how to get started and recruiting new members. The UK has developed “starter kits” for forming groups and will share how those initiatives were funded and created.
Shelly Parks is a marketing professional in the US who has helped many communities, including her own, recruit members in the pre-development stage. She will share her top 3 tips for successfully recruiting and maintaining members prior to move-in.
Networking – While we are meeting virtually and unable to talk informally over coffee and snacks, there will be several breakout rooms throughout the day. So prepare your own coffee/tea and snacks on hand to simulate the breaks between conference sessions.
Leslie Shieh from TOMO will discuss the “Cohousing-lite” model her company has employed for Our Village, an urban community in Vancouver BC. And the challenges that she experienced employing other models.
Sarah Arthurs from Cohousing Connections will share how her company has adapted cohousing to the rental market, particularly for the senior housing market.
Kristopher Stevens of Cohousing Options will talk about their collaborations with Indigenous Housing Resources.
Gleis 21 and Audewide (AUT)
Indruk in Antwerp (BEL)
Cohousing has attracted a homogenous demographic population. In this session we will hear from Alicia Delashmutt from Our Home in Portland, OR who is developing a cohousing community where people with intellectual and developmental disabilities will be an integral part of the community. We will also hear from Myfan Jordan who is developing cohousing in Australia for LGBTQIA+ youth using the pivot model.
Durham Central Park Cohousing (USA)
Memel Cohousing (ZAF)
Little Mountain (CAN)
Cohousing Capitol Hill Urban Cohousing (USA)
Networking – While we are meeting virtually and unable to talk informally over coffee and snacks, there will be several breakout rooms throughout the day. So prepare your own coffee/tea and snacks on hand to simulate the breaks between conference sessions.
Sam Brown is an architect and coordinates the Live Projects Programme at the University of Sheffield School of Architecture. Together with young professionals participating in the programme, he will talk about their unique collaboration with OpHouse to provide pre-design services for forming groups and developing project briefs, which can otherwise present a barrier for new groups starting out. Originating as a ‘live’ element of an academic programme, the Live Projects Programme has evolved into Live Works, an off-campus project office offering ongoing services to groups as they acquire land and move into the development phase. In focusing on participatory process and continuing community engagement, the model offers a means to support the community-led housing sector in a context of uncertain and short-term government support.
Tim Riley from Property Collectives in Australia will discuss their collaborative model utilizing impact investment to create citizen-led cohousing communities. Since 2010 Property Collectives has established itself as the leading deliberative development group in Australia. They focus on development advisory for build-to-hold clients; impact investment; and an at-cost, citizen-led, building group model which is developing 80 homes across 10 projects in Melbourne.
Skilled facilitation can smooth the development process for both professionals and community members while laying the foundations for strong community relationships going forward. Karen Gimnig, a process consultant in the US, will share her experience of partnering with design and development professionals. She’ll share a few ideas for professionals as they support communities in making the thousands of decisions involved in development.
Community led housing initiatives have gained popularity around the globe. We will hear from individuals from Australia, South Korea, Italy, and the UK. Helen Jarvis will start us off with her personal experiences in CoHUT in Newcastle, UK and Chiara Casotti will share about Montesole Cohousing in at Montaldo Torinese (Italy). We will hear Nanju Do’s personal experience with cohousing in Seoul, South Korea and about Eugenie Stockman’s scheme at Kyloring Housing Co-operative (Australia).
| GMT | East | |
| 16:00 | 11:00 | Welcome (15 min) |
| 16:15 | 11:15 | Association Updates from the USA, CAN, GBR, AUS, and NLD (45 min) |
| 17:00 | 12:00 | Networking breakout groups (15 min) |
| 17:15 | 12:15 | Virtual Tours (45 min) |
| 18:00 | 13:00 | Break (15 min) |
| 18:15 | 13:15 | US Development Models (30 min) |
| 19:00 | 14:00 | Cohousing-Friendly Policies (30 min) |
| 19:45 | 14:45 | Q & A Breakout Rooms (10 min) |
| 19:55 | 14:55 | Closing (5 min) |
| GMT | East | |
| 16:00 | 11:00 | Welcome (15 min) |
| 16:15 | 11:15 | Support for Forming Groups (AUS) / Marketing (USA) (45 min) |
| 17:00 | 12:00 | Networking breakout groups (15 min) |
| 17:15 | 12:15 | Canadian Development Models (60 min) |
| 18:15 | 13:15 | Break (15 min) |
| 18:30 | 13:30 | Virtual Tours (45 min) |
| 19:15 | 14:15 | Cohousing for All – Developmental Disabilities (USA) and Transgender Youth (AUS) (30 min) |
| 19:45 | 14:45 | Q & A Breakout Rooms (10 min) |
| 19:55 | 14:55 | Closing (5 min) |
| GMT | East | |
| 16:00 | 11:00 | Welcome |
| 16:15 | 11:15 | Virtual tours (60 min) |
| 17:15 | 12:15 | Networking breakout groups (15 min) |
| 17:30 | 12:30 | Alt Development Models- Sheffield School/OpHouse (GBR), and Property Collectives (AUS) (45 min) |
| 18:15 | 13:15 | Break (15 min) |
| 18:30 | 13:30 | Facilitation in Development (15 min) |
| 18:45 | 13:45 | Community Led Cohousing- GBR, ITA, KOR and AUS (60 min) |
| 19:45 | 14:45 | Q & A Breakout Rooms (10 min) |
| 19:55 | 14:55 | Closing (5 min) |
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