Tag: Community

Cooperatives are Skill Sharing Playgrounds

By: Sarah Ditton — Development & Operations Where can you learn to garden, to perform hooping tricks, and to fix your bike all in one place? You’ll have a pretty […]

Sharing: A radical, sustainable Act

By: Sarah Ditton — Development & Sustainability Sharing is the status quo within housing cooperatives. Cooperatives are defined by people sharing space, decision-making power, buying power, and chores. Oftentimes, cooperative […]

Co-ops Are Safe Havens for Diversity

By: Sarah Ditton — Development & Operations “If everybody’s the same, you don’t really learn much, right? You aren’t necessarily challenged to grow and you’re also not really being inclusive. […]

I would absolutely welcome a BHC cooperative in my neighborhood

By: Jennifer Fluri – A feminist political geographer, professor at CU Boulder, and BHC Board Rep. Cooperative housing in Boulder through the Boulder Housing Coalition (BHC) is a dynamic and […]

The Benefits of Living in an Intentional Cooperative Community During a Pandemic

By: Brian Klocke – Masala Resident and Board Rep. I know several people that have struggled to deal with some combination of feelings of isolation, loneliness, depression, despair or anxiety […]

I Exist Because of Co-ops.

By: Kurt Nordback – BHC Board Member. My parents grew up poor in Michigan: my dad, Orval, in the mining country of the upper peninsula; my mom, Nina, near Detroit. […]

Proposed Ingram Co-op at Planning Board

On November 2nd, the Boulder Housing Coalition will be appearing before Boulder’s Planning Board, seeking a recommendation that city staff grant us additional occupancy in our proposed co-op at 4662 Ingram […]

BHC 2015 Summer Internship

The Boulder Housing Coalition is accepting applications for a Summer 2015 internship position. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff and community. We seek people who are […]

Co-op Affordability – By the Numbers

By: Jordan Mann – BHC co-op alum and engineer. My name is Jordan Mann and I currently live in one of Boulder’s housing cooperatives. Some of you may remember a […]

Allow More Community Housing in Boulder

Dear City Council (council@bouldercolorado.gov), I understand that May 14th you will be studying the question of Boulder’s developing barbell shaped income distribution, and the issue of supplying moderately affordable housing for folks […]