New economy map

Inspiring projects across the UK

All projects Building power Co-operative childcare Community banks Community business Community energy Community ownership Community wealth Employee ownership Green transition Municipal ownership Shorter working week Socal/community housing Worker co-operatives

Socal/community housing

Council and community-led housing offer genuinely affordable alternatives to speculative, private developer-driven housing development. Community-led approaches include co-operatives and community land trusts, where land is held collectively in not-for-profit trusts.

Fossetts for the People

Southend

Campaigners want to ensure former NHS land is used for publicly owned social housing.

Goldsmith Street

Norwich

Winner of the 2019 RIBA Stirling prize, these eco-friendly homes are one of the first new council housing projects in a generation.

Granby 4 Streets

Liverpool

A determined group of residents saved their streets by taking them over.

Lilac – Low Impact Living Affordable Community

Leeds

Lilac is a environmentally-friendly housing co-op with an innovative funding model.

London Renters Union

Lewisham and East London

Tenants are taking action against rip-off landlords to win lower rents and longer tenancies.

Save Druids Heath

Birmingham

Residents fight council plans to rebuild their homes that ignore their community.

Start Haringey

Haringey

Residents and workers aim to turn former hospital site into affordable housing.

Walterton and Elgin Community Homes

Westminster

Tenant-controlled housing estate emerged from the struggle of residents against the sale of their homes to private developers.