• AMS Institute

• Bouwen & Wonen

Project Description

This one-year action research project (January 2018 – January 2019) aimed at developing a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities of establishing residents’ housing co-operatives through partnerships with housing corporations in Amsterdam.

The research followed the process of two ongoing cases of such partnerships and brought in European examples that could shed light on the challenges and possible solutions for establishing and managing resident-led co-operative housing. The main aim was to help Dutch professionals and self-organised tenants’ groups to co-determine suitable governance arrangements for this purpose. The research was led by Prof.dr.ir. Vincent Gruis and Dr Darinka Czischke and included the participation of post-doctoral researcher Carla Huisman and research assistant Stephanie Zeulevoet.