Cooperative Housing Workshop in Portland- next Monday!

[jonah fertig]

next monday!

Cooperative Housing Workshop
Learn how to start a housing co-op
at the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St. Portland
February 16th- 5:30-8:30pm

Cooperative housing is a democratic form of multi-family home ownership where all the residents of a building are members of an organization that cooperatively owns the building where they live. It can be a more accessible, affordable and democratic form of home ownership. 
 

In this workshop, some of the topics we will cover are:

What is a housing cooperative
Examples of housing cooperatives in Maine
Other types of housing cooperatives
How to start a housing cooperative
How to fund a housing cooperative
Problems that housing cooperatives encounter

Panel speaker include: Members of Faire a Bande Part
Housing Cooperative in Lewiston, Oak Street Housing Co-op in Bath, Local Sprouts Cooperative, and Hour Exchange Portland. 

At the end of the workshop we will have some time for people present to discuss starting a housing cooperative in Portland.

This workshop is free and open to anyone.

This workshop is a local lead-up to "the Co-op Model: Transition to Democratic Economy" at the annual Changing Maine Gathering on February 28th in Augusta.  For more information on this conference go to http://www.cooperativemaine.org/

Co-Sponsored by Local Sprouts Cooperative and Community Building Collaborative

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Local Sprouts Cooperative
www.localsproutscooperative.com
Meg Perry Center
www.megperrycenter.com