Verlagsinfo: "This book investigates co-housing as an alternative housing form in relation to sustainable urban development. Co-housing is often lauded as a more sustainable way of living. The primary aim of this book is to critically explore co-housing in the context of wider social, economic,...

Prologue -- The Origins of Cooperative Housing -- Cooperative Housing after World War II -- The United Housing Foundation -- Co-op City -- A More or Less Auspicious Start -- Fiscal Troubles -- Carrying Charges -- The "Second Front" -- "No Way, We Won't Pay!" -- The Great Rent Strike -- Epilogue.

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