Cooperatives in Leon Southeast; a new and exciting development
Institution: | Universiteit Utrecht |
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Year: | 2014 |
Keywords: | Housing cooperatives; León Southeast; LSE; urban expansion; assisted self help housing, sites and services |
Record ID: | 1253973 |
Full text PDF: | http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/299861 |
Many poor families in León have united themselves in cooperatives. They are going to build their houses in LSE; an urban expansion area in León. This thesis is about the reasons to join a cooperative, about the internal rules, the institutional context regarding cooperatives in LSE and finally about the advantages cooperatives can have for their members and for the neighborhood.