At a great meeting with Cadwyn 1st May 2012 we agreed some joint half-day sessions to:
1. Develop a road map with time-scales for the project
2. A detailed vision for the Ely farm site
from left Graham, Sarah, Marcus, Simon (Cadwyn Site Manager), Helen (Cadwyn Housing Manager), Richard (Cadwyn Social Housing Mgr), Chris (Cadwyn Chief Exec), Louise
Designed for established and developing Cohousing projects to learn from each-other,
July 13th-15th 2012 at Lewes near Brighton. Lots of fun – camping or B&B.
Put the date in your diary – more info later.
Social Meeting Thrusday 3rd May 7pm at the Halfway Pub, cathedral road – the skittle alley.
Come and have a look at site plans and map of Ely Farm – our fantastic 2 acre site.
We will have news about renting homes by then.
Ely Farm site
We have agreed with Cadwyn to do a feasibility study on their Ely Farm site….. so exciting 
It feels like a little bit of the country in the city!!
This feasibility phase will be complete by Setp 2012 with a decision of what to build.
What does this mean…
It also means that the Welsh Government will help make the project happen….
- supporting Cadwyn and helping to remove barriers
Come and meet us in Chapter Arts Centre, Canton.
Find out all about cohousing, and how we are progressing plans.
We are delighted to be working closely with Cadwyn Housing Association who will be building the homes, so quite a few will be affordable.
- come share a beer or a tea with us and find out more.
More info – contact us through this website or Louise on 0796 184 2901
Cooperative and Mutual Housing is back on the map!
Governments in England and Wales are taking this seriously.
The Welsh Government is currently interested in coops and alternative forms of housing tenure,
- they will be supporting several pilot schemes in Wales.
Cadwyn with Cohousing Cymru are interested in the possibility of our project becoming one of these pilots.
We are delight to be invited to a meeting in March 2012 with Cadwyn and the Welsh Government to discuss this further.
At the Jan 2012 Cardiff Transition’s Show and Tell event, a 20-mins slot allowed us to explain what cohousing is and our exciting news of progress with Cadwyn Housing Association. Journalism students, attending the meeting, have created a blog with a great write-up of us: here
Louise and Sarah explained that currently we are looking for full members who could be interested in owning a home in the Cohousing development. We will be developing 20-35 homes, the majority to buy, but some will be owned by the Housing Association and rented to those who cannot afford to buy.
If you are interested, but do not currently own a house and are not in a position to buy, then we would love to hear from you.
The Housing Association will only rent to those on the Housing Waiting list.
One of the criteria for selecting tenants will be that everyone must be interested and committed to Cohousing values, whether buying or renting.
Here is a link to the list : Cardiff’s Common Housing Waiting list
A Local Housing Association Cadwyn is considering developing a Cohousing project in Cardiff with us, Cohousing Cymru.
In December we all met with Hanover Housing Association, who are working with 5 cohousing groups in England, to find out more about what is involved in taking the project forward.
Cadwyn would be purchasing the land and building the houses including the Co-house. They are currently deciding whether they are able to take the project forward with us and will be giving us their decision Feb-Mar 2012.
The Welsh Government is interested in exploring Co-operative and Mutual Housing alternative models in Wales and will be establishing several pilot projects.
Cadwyn intend to submit a proposal - to develop a cohousing project with us - to the Welsh Government to be one of these pilot projects.
A meeting to discuss this further is planned for Mar 2012.
This is looking very hopeful as more support will help Cadwyn and us move this innovative project forward.
Members at the meeting Jan 2012 (except kerry who took the picture!)