Aims And Principles

Our vision is one of human societies based on:

• co-operation and sharing;
• commitment to stewardship of resources;
• an inclusive society. We have established Corani Housing and Land Co-operative to help work towards this. Friendship and respect are needed to keep Corani working well.

AIMS [immediate intentions, what we are going to do]	Practice [objectives, measurable, how we are going to do it]
Taking control of our lives	Fully mutual housing co-op structure and non-equity sharing. Members decide cost share level.
Democracy	General meetings involve all members. Consensus decision-making. Working groups to work on certain things between general meetings.
Living down [low consumption of resources, energy]	Modest, efficient housing. Income sharing. Maximum of three cost shares per person.
Equality	Income sharing. No capital requirement.
Open to new people	Joining procedure on separate page.
Open to different needs	Variety of housing types. Disabled access. Communal or not. Urban or rural. [Subject to resources.]
Self reliant co-operative	No dependence on benefit and grants. No claiming housing benefit without the agreement of the Co-operative.
Involvement with land and in food production	Manage allotments.
Involvement in the wider co-operative scene	Associate Member of Radical Routes Secondary Co-operative. In contact with the Confederation of Co-operative Housing and others.
Maintaining biodiversity	Sharing provides the most efficient use of existing housing and reduces the need to build on greenfield sites. Eat organically grown produce.
Strengthening the local community	Involvement in the local residents association

Notes:

• Sharing needs to find expression in as many ways as possible.
• There needs to be no going back on certain aspects that are part of that sharing, i.e. fully mutual, no capital requirement, non-equity distributing, income sharing.
• Plans to implement this policy are to be made once a year at a general meeting