Student Housing Cooperatives in the United States PDF Download

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Publisher: Booksllc.Net
ISBN: 9781230762906
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Languages : en
Pages : 26

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: 21st Street Co-op, Baggin's End, Barrington Hall (Berkeley, California), Berkeley Student Cooperative, Brown Association for Cooperative Housing, Cloyne Court Hotel, Community of Urbana Champaign Cooperative Housing, Cooperative Living Organization, Davis Campus Cooperatives, Inter-Cooperative Council at the University of Michigan, List of NASCO member cooperatives, Madison Community Cooperative, Minnie's Cooperative House, MOSAIC (housing cooperative), North American Students of Cooperation, Oberlin Student Cooperative Association, Qumbya, Raft Hill (co-op), Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative, Stebbins Hall, Stefan T. Vail Cooperative House, Student Housing Cooperative at Michigan State University, University of Texas Inter-Cooperative Council, Von Cramm Cooperative Hall. Excerpt: Berkeley Student Cooperative (BSC) (formerly known as University Students' Cooperative Association or the USCA) is a student housing cooperative serving primarily the University of California, Berkeley but open to any full-time post-secondary student. BSC houses over 1300 students in 17 houses and 3 apartment buildings. Food is provided to residents of the 17 houses as well as boarders. Residents of the houses are expected to perform work (about 5 hours a week) as part of their rental agreement, helping to keep rent lower. BSC is led by a board of directors elected by the residents. BSC is a member of NASCO. The University of California Students' Cooperative Association (UCSCA) was founded in 1933 to meet the need for affordable student housing during the Great Depression. Berkeley YMCA director Harry Kingman inspired 14 students to start the first housing cooperative in Berkeley, doing workshifts in exchange for lower rent. In the fall of 1933 the students leased Barrington Hall which housed 48 students. Sherman Hall, Sheridan...