Idea by
Daniela Patti and Levente Polyak
Eutropian
Call for ideas 2018
Funding the Cooperative City
Funding the Cooperative City
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Funding the Cooperative City looks into the financial and economic structures that define the ownership of and the right to spaces. Within the context of the post-welfare transition of Western societies defined by austerity measures, unemployment, the financialisation of real estate and speculation-driven urban development, it is particularly important to create awareness, offer strategies and provide tools for community-led urban development. Funding the Cooperative City explores different mechanisms of fundraising and investment; shared ownership and long-term land lease, self-organisation, resistance and cooperation with institutions; and highlights the ways citizen initiatives, cooperatives, non-profit companies, community land trusts, crowdfunding platforms, ethical banks and anti-speculation foundations can step out of the regular dynamisms of real estate development and arrange new mechanisms to access, purchase, renovate or construct buildings for communities.
![](/media/cache/bd/0d/bd0d1e7040fd84ba990b53691613547f.jpg)
ExRotaprint in Berlin: an example of collective ownership and the involvement of anti-speculation foundations
![](/media/cache/13/f0/13f038480202ba02066a201b5d84ab99.jpg)
Largo Residencias in Lisbon: an example of how can a building a hub for the social economy and neighbourhood employment
![](/media/cache/d0/92/d0921fbd0268b86f1afce0b1ce94fd44.jpg)
Paralelni Polis in Prague: an example of how can virtual currencies be channeled into physical spaces
![](/media/cache/e1/7e/e17e73729d506abce5f1cc2a1081e77b.jpg)
Stara Trznica in Bratislava: an example for long-term public-civic partnership in rethinking a public building
![](/media/cache/32/7e/327e59afb000a2abafae0cc606dcf39f.jpg)
Granby Four Streets Community Land Trust in Liverpool: an example for the community ownership of land
Funding the Cooperative City
Funding the Cooperative City
![](/media/cache/07/d0/07d0143ffd53c7838ffa4e82afd1443a.jpg)
Funding the Cooperative City looks into the financial and economic structures that define the ownership of and the right to spaces. Within the context of the post-welfare transition of Western societies defined by austerity measures, unemployment, the financialisation of real estate and speculation-driven urban development, it is particularly important to create awareness, offer strategies and provide tools for community-led urban development. Funding the Cooperative City explores different mechanisms of fundraising and investment; shared ownership and long-term land lease, self-organisation, resistance and cooperation with institutions; and highlights the ways citizen initiatives, cooperatives, non-profit companies, community land trusts, crowdfunding platforms, ethical banks and anti-speculation foundations can step out of the regular dynamisms of real estate development and arrange new mechanisms to access, purchase, renovate or construct buildings for communities.
![](/media/cache/d8/75/d875869752d6b11f88234af9ebca33a0.jpg)
ExRotaprint in Berlin: an example of collective ownership and the involvement of anti-speculation foundations
![](/media/cache/71/9f/719fb8f6d5f91ead43949c3a5fc7c4df.jpg)
Largo Residencias in Lisbon: an example of how can a building a hub for the social economy and neighbourhood employment
![](/media/cache/1f/a8/1fa87aedf0dc764c477b956d5f055fed.jpg)
Paralelni Polis in Prague: an example of how can virtual currencies be channeled into physical spaces
![](/media/cache/7e/23/7e232e357a87221ef29382d44013870d.jpg)
Stara Trznica in Bratislava: an example for long-term public-civic partnership in rethinking a public building
![](/media/cache/a9/09/a9097958dfca38673448c7cf6631f3ae.jpg)
Granby Four Streets Community Land Trust in Liverpool: an example for the community ownership of land