Attn Geordies and Mackems wanting a house

[NorthernRaider]

Self-build and Co-operative Housing Workshop

Are you interested in building your own home? Would you like to work with
others as part of a group and build your own home?

Are you curious to know what self-build or cooperative housing really means?

If you answer YES to any of these questions why not join our colleagues at
Newcastle City Council on 17th November at a free workshop and find out a bit
more about self build and cooperative housing?

Details
. Saturday 17 November
. 10am - 3pm
. Newcastle Civic Centre
. Free

To book a place or find out more, contact Maria Manion on 0191 277 1449 or
email maria.manion@newcastle.gov.uk.



Additional context From Cllr Nigel Todd

I'm going to describe the West End Housing Co-op
and how it's experience signals some transferable pointers.

The event is part of the Labour City Council's commitment to become
a Co-operative Council by engaging with co-op solutions to problems
and making services more democratic.

There'll be a policy paper shortly that sets out this perspective as our
route through the local govt budget crisis. Newcastle will chart a very
different path to N. Tyneside's privatisation scorched earth policy and
other councils' slash and burn approach by just making cuts.

Local initiatives such as Greening Wingrove and the coming services
devolution experiment in Blakelaw all fit with the co-operative approach.



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-- Link to UK Cohousing Network http://www.cohousing.org.uk/

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Geordies living indoors, whatever next, they will be wanting running water and indoor netties !!

[Metroyeti]

They built some "eco" homes near chichester in s. Sheilds.

Im not in a position to buy anywere, but more than happy to helpout.

[BDG]

Now, call me cynical, but this smacks to me off Newcastle Council keeping on their staff who did maintenance and modernisation on council housing, the running a 'self build event' where they tell all of the people that attend that they are not allowed to do any work unless they are qualified in the trade they are going to do the work in and have CSCS cards.

But not to worry as we have these guys in our 'co-operative' that you can hire.

And we all know what council workmen are like.