Good Local Economics

Lilac co-housing: How they did it

Lilac stands for Low Impact Living Affordable Community and is billed as the UK’s first affordable co-housing project

Co-housing developments are built around community and sustainability but can they also be affordable? Susan Downer visits Lilac in Leeds to find out.

The housing sector has a reputation for many things, but rarely is it lauded for its principles. Lilac, in Leeds, is an exception.

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Local economic policy must get social

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What are the vital signs of your local area?

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How far can the CLT model go?

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It’s systems change, stupid

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Co-ops and commons approaches to reviving places

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10 ideas for change: Co-operative local economies

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Local policies for building community wealth

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We need a new conversation about austerity

Austerity is here to stay. Last year’s autumn statement showed that we are now only halfway through a nine year programme of austerity, when we should be three quarters of the way through a six year programme.

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Citizen’s income: The future for welfare?

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Inspiring Scottish regeneration: The 2014 Surf awards

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Hope is contagious

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What if Christmas was invented in 2014?

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The word that most symbolises 2014? Foodbank

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Can we create a digital commons in 2015?

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We need a contingency plan against inequality