Self-Managed Cooperative Housing by Mutual-Assistance as Introduced in Central America between 2004 and 2016 the Attractiveness of the ‘FUCVAM’ Model of Uruguay

Bredenoord, Jan

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“…Nevertheless, home sharing has always been present in the history of this country, either due to cultural aspects or economic limitations ( Shlomo, 2002 ). Specifically regarding (formal) housing cooperatives, nine were identified (0.044% of the 2 million Honduran houses) located mainly in the southern zone of Honduras ( Bredenoord, 2017 ; Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Honduras, 2017 ). These Honduran cooperatives like the rest in Central America, are being influenced by the Uruguayan model of Self-Managed Cooperatives Housing by Mutual-Assistance ( Domínguez, 2017 ).…”

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Community response to COVID-19: The case of rental housing cooperatives in Melbourne, Australia and Choluteca, Honduras

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2023

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Community response to COVID-19: The case of rental housing cooperatives in Melbourne, Australia and Choluteca, Honduras

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“…The cohousing model was created in Denmark in the early 1970s as an innovative form of collective housing and later spread to other northern European countries, the USA [18] and other latitudes such as Uruguay [19]. In recent years, cohousing has re-emerged in the USA, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan [16,20,21].…”

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The effects of cohousing model on people’s health and wellbeing: a scoping review

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Background Housing is a social determinant of health. Extensive research has highlighted its adverse effects on health. However, less is known about the effects of cohousing typology on health, which has the potential to create lively social networks and healthy communities and environments. We report the findings of a scoping study designed to gather and synthesise all known evidence on the relationship between cohousing and wellbeing and health. Method Using the scoping review method, we conducted a literature review in PubMed, ProQuest, Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct and JSTOR in May 2019 and selected articles published from 1960 onwards, with no geographical limit and no design restrictions. Retrieved articles underwent three sequential screening phases. The results were described through a narrative synthesis of the evidence. Results Of the 2560 articles identified, we selected 25 full-text articles analysing 77 experiences. All of them were conducted in high-income countries. Ten studies analysed the impact of cohousing on physical and mental health or quality of life and wellbeing. Eight of the 10 studies found a positive association. In addition, 22 studies analysed one or more psychosocial determinants of health (such as social support, sense of community and physical, emotional and economic security) and most found a positive association. Through these determinants, quality of life, wellbeing and health could be improved. However, the quality of the evidence was low. Discussion The cohousing model could enhance health and wellbeing mediated by psychosocial determinants of health. However, extreme caution should be exercised in drawing any conclusions due to the dearth of data identified and the designs used in the included studies, with most being cross-sectional or qualitative studies, which precluded causal-based interpretations. Because housing is a major social determinant of health, more evidence is needed on the impact of this model on health through both psychosocial and material pathways.

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“…Cooperative housing models require the active participation of the members in the construction and maintenance of buildings, as well as in the management of the housing cooperative itself. It was also found that most housing cooperatives accompany a CTC ('casa comunal' in Spanish) in their activities [22].…”

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“…Following this CTC model, another was built in the nearby housing cooperative Juntando Manos. We Effect, a Swedish NGO, and Foundation Juan XXIII, a Spanish NGO, provided loan aid to these housing cooperatives [22].…”

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“…The bottom-up approach, self-help housing, appealed as a sustainable way as it seemed to require less resources based on sweat equity, which term refers the non-monetary contribution such as physical labor and time, compared with one-time based housing projects with limited resources linked with issues of being intermittent and biased beneficiary selection. There has been a series of supportive arguments for self-help housing in the similar context [4,[17][18][19][20][21][22]. Bredenoord and van Lindert [23] pointed out that the commercial value of the developed property and income generation from letting and sub-letting are also the core advantages of self-help housing.…”

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The Significance of Community Training Centers in Building Affordable Housing and Developing Settlements

2020

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This paper examines the visions and the roles of community training centers (CTCs) in community development and housing provision in developing countries from the perspective of assisted self-help housing. It reviews a Korean community center that contributed to community-led self-help housing for low-income groups in the 1970s. It also reviews a few notable CTCs from India, Uganda, Nepal, and three countries in Central America to examine the functions and contributions of the CTCs. It was found that CTCs play a central role in community empowerment and the production of affordable building materials receiving technical or financial assistance from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and governments. The paper makes a compelling case for CTCs by drawing on these exemplary cases to provide a development model that has the potential to facilitate the improvement of the living environment in developing countries.Sustainability 2020, 12, 2952 2 of 22 problem for low-income households in emerging cities with greater effect when it matches with appropriate external assistances.The hypothesis of this paper is that a community center has a significant role in self-help housing and the effect through this is boosted when this is assisted by external organizations in terms of building technic and finance. This paper examines the functions of a community center in community development and housing provision from the perspective of assisted self-help housing from housing development practices. This paper also investigates how low-cost housing production can be supported by the establishment of a community center, more specifically a community training center, (CTC) focusing on the relationship with NGOs and governments in technical, organizational, and financial assistance through this center. We use CTCs as a place or space for communal use, such as meetings and workshops, the function of which can be extended to a place for training or production for self-help housing.Park et al.[5] suggested a comprehensive community center that has multiple functions as follows. A CTC can play a central role in involving the residents of settlements or development areas, both in upgrading and streamlining collective housing and home-renovation processes. It may also engage in the provision of temporary 'transit houses' for those who are waiting for a new or renovated house, and/or are participating in a mutual house building or renovation process. A CTC can also have evolving and dynamic functions. Initially, it can operate as a community space for group meetings, such as education and training seminars held by NGOs, and then it can move on to function as a normal community center or neighborhood facility. The presence of a CTC can stimulate households to participate in neighborhood development and the construction of safe affordable homes. The sense of "belonging" or ownership over communal facilities and the houses can grow, and this is beneficial for future owners and residents. A production unit to build materials and transit homes...

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Self-Managed Cooperative Housing by Mutual-Assistance as Introduced in Central America between 2004 and 2016 the Attractiveness of the ‘FUCVAM’ Model of Uruguay

Cited by 11 publications

References 1 publication

Community response to COVID-19: The case of rental housing cooperatives in Melbourne, Australia and Choluteca, Honduras

Community response to COVID-19: The case of rental housing cooperatives in Melbourne, Australia and Choluteca, Honduras

The effects of cohousing model on people’s health and wellbeing: a scoping review

The Significance of Community Training Centers in Building Affordable Housing and Developing Settlements

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