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A member-led tenure enabled by a professional team.

The Collective Ownership Society is a registered not-for-profit housing co-operative, controlled by its member co-ops.

The Board

Resident co-ops, sector experts and partners.

Our corporate structure embeds and protects our non-profit social purpose. Assets are held and prevented from appropriation into private hands. It allows for flexible investments, tax efficiency, professional asset management and democratic resident control.

Vivian Woodell

CEO of The Phone Co-op Foundation for Co-operative Innovation, vice president of Mid-Counties Co-op and Co-operatives Europe.
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Gauthier Guerin

Chair
Director at Catalyst Collective, specialist in financial strategy and investment for community housing, expert in society law and financial regulations.
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Nnenna Urum-Eke

Local Authority Housing & Regeneration Officer and Chair of Elevation Mutual Housing Co-operative.
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Levent Kerimol

Executive Director
Community Led Homes director at CDS Co-operatives, and formerly at the Greater London Authority (GLA) Regeneration team, with expertise in design, planning, and real estate.
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Freya Field-Donovan

Secretary
Extensive management and governance experience in Housing Associations and Tenant Management Organisations (TMOs) and Secretary Rode Housing Co-operative.
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Jon Lee

Business Development Specialist at Wrigley’s Solicitors and expert in ethical finance, formerly Business Development Manager at Ecology Building Society and The Co-operative Bank.
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Member Co-ops

Housing co-ops lease properties, and democratically control the Society.

Rode Housing Co-op

Founded by a group of housing workers, community organisers and artists, who have known each other for many years through various housing networks.
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Elevation Mutual Housing

Formed by a group of Black Christian families struggling to make ends meet in the private rented sector. They share the belief that a house is first and foremost a home.
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Rising Sun Housing Co-op

Formed by a group of musicians and creatives living in a former pub, their aim is to save the building both as a home and a workspace.
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Raft Housing Co-op

A group of support workers, nurses, and musicians, active in social movements and community projects. They’re committed to building a world that works for the people and the planet.
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Moss MHOS

Moss works toward creating affordable, environmentally sustainable housing, embedded in and contributing to the local community.
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Moon Housing Co-op

A new housing co-op in South-East London, Moon aims to provide an affordable and community minded way of living for all people.
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Paula's garden

Paula’s House Co-op

A group of sitting tenants who believe in living co-operatively in affordable housing without private landlords.
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Ilé-Yaad Housing Co-op

Ilé-Yaad aims to provide affordable and sustainable housing for Afro-Caribbean people in Kent.
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Our Partners

Funding, infrastructure, and support.

Community Assets for Society and Housing (CASH) is a Community Benefit Society founded by people living in co-ops. CASH delivers training for co-ops, and will raise Community Shares to invest.

CDS Co-operatives is a housing association managing around 3000 homes across the South-East, with a mission to support housing co-ops. CDS provides in-kind operational expertise, as well as a £1.25m investment.

The Greater London Authority has provided revenue support for the establishment of Collective Ownership.

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