Start-ups

Session materials from the Creating a Co-op Course Track at NASCO Institute 2024.

With the cost of living constantly on the rise, the demand for affordable housing solutions—like housing co-ops—is greater than ever. NASCO has pulled together a team of experts to take future co-op founders through the process of starting a new housing co-op, from clarifying the initial concept to drafting your business plan. Workshops in this series provide a comprehensive, step-by-step training program on the development process.

Session materials from “The Cooperative Horizon: Collapsing the Housing Market” presented by Liz Curran-Groome and Caroline Davis at NASCO Institute 2024. The housing market is not a free market. There’s a ton of free money out there and most of it subsidizes landlord profiteering. What if we the autonomous communities were to get in on the party?

This short video created by Nitin Gadia outlines the basics of starting a group equity housing cooperative. 

Below, are the recordings for NASCO Institue 2020 sessions by room. Please share lessons learned with your cooperatives and communities. 

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Presentation on accounting and taxes for start-up food co-ops, led by Bruce Mayer of Wegner CPAs for the Food Co-op Inititative.

Chart comparing the Rental, Group-Equity Co-op, Equity Co-op (limited or market-rate), Condominium, and Single Family Home models, from the perspectives of control, finance, and liability.

• Bloomington Cooperative Living (Indiana, 2011)
• CHÜVA - Cooperative Housing at the University of Virginia (Virginia, 2005)
• Cooperative Roots (California, 2006)
• Kalamazoo Collective Housing (