Cohab is an open research-advocacy team for the exploration and promotion of non-profit cooperative housing and collective ownership models in Greece. Our collaborative research practice draws on years of experience—from participatory workshops, open discussions, informal exchanges, working groups and visits to housing cooperatives abroad.

Through the years we’ve developed a range of possible scenarios for implementing these models in Greece, including dispersed cohousing, acquiring properties through the real estate market, donated or exchanged buildings, and repurposing publicly owned spaces. While trying to adapt proposals to the existing legal framework and realities, in parallel we work towards creating a more enabling institutional environment for the development of cooperative housing.

Toolkit for Cooperative and Collaborative Housing in Greece
Developement of a business plan tool and an informative booklet on how to initiate a coop housing project in Greece.
Supported by Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Greece
2022

CoHab meets MOBA
knowledge exchange program with MOBA housing coop members.
Supported by FundACTION 2020
2021-22

Workshop on Cooperative Housing
ENHR 2019 conference, with the collaboration of the Collaborative Housing ENHR working group and the Co-Lab Research team
August, 2019, Athens