List of NASCO member cooperatives

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Below is a list of cooperatives that are members of North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO). Members of NASCO are given services such as board and officer training, member training, networking opportunities as part of the connection to co-op movement, and assistance on special projects. [1] Currently, members span the contiguous US and Canada. An up-to-date directory of NASCO members can be found on their website. [2]

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Members

US Members

StateNameCityWebsite
California Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative (SBSHC) Santa Barbara www.sbcoop.org/
Solar Community Housing Association Davis https://www.schadavis.org
University Cooperative Housing Association (UCHA) Los Angeles https://www.uchaonline.com/
Colorado Boulder Housing Coalition Boulder boulderhousingcoalition.org/
Picklebric Boulder http://picklebric.org
Iowa River City Housing Collective Iowa City rchc.coop/
Illinois NASCO Headquarters Chicago nasco.coop/
Community of Urbana Cooperative Housing (COUCH) Urbana couchcooperative.org/
Qumbya Housing Cooperative Chicago https://qumbya.com/
Members of Society Acting in Cooperation (MOSAIC) Evanston mosaiccoop.org/
Stone Soup Cooperative Chicago stonesoupcoop.org/
Evergreen Cooperative Chicago
Interfaith Community for Detained Immigrants Chicago https://www.icdichicago.org/
Indiana Bloomington Cooperative Living (BCL) Bloomington https://www.bloomingtoncooperative.org/
Kansas People's Owned and Operated Collected House (POOCH) Lawrence https://www.peopleshousing.org/
Maryland Horizontal Housing Baltimore baltimorefreefarm.org/
Michigan ICC Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, Michigan icc.coop/
Kalamazoo Collective Housing Kalamazoo kalamazoo.coop/
MSU Student Housing Cooperative (MSU-SHC) East Lansing msu.coop/
Minnesota 4th Street Co-op Minneapolis 4thstreet.riverton.org/
Chateau Housing Cooperative Minneapolis chateau.riverton.org
Franklin Housing Cooperative Minneapolis franklin.riverton.org/
Marcy Park Co-op Minneapolis marcypark.riverton.org/
Marshall Housing Co-op Minneapolis marshall.riverton.org/
Riverton Community Housing Minneapolis riverton.org/
MATCH Co-op Minneapolis https://matchcooperative.wordpress.com/
North Carolina Weaver Community Housing Association Carrboro wcha.coop/
New York Bitternut Collective Syracuse, New York http://www.facebook.com/bitternuthomestead
Nickel City Housing Co-op Buffalo nickelcitycoop.org/
Ohio Oberlin Student Cooperative Association (OSCA) Oberlin, Ohio http://osca.wilder.oberlin.edu/
Student Cooperative Organization (SCO) Athens https://sites.google.com/site/thevinecoop/
Oregon Portland Collective Housing Portland https://www.facebook.com/PortlandCollectiveHousing/
Student's Co-op Association Eugene https://eugenesca.com/
Pennsylvania Central PA Community Housing State College http://houseasaurus.org/
Rhode Island Providence East Association of Cooperative Housing (PEACH) Providence https://watermynpeach.wixsite.com/bachpeach
Tennessee DeCleyre Cooperative Housing Memphis Official DeCleyre Tumblr
Texas Community Housing Expansion of Austin (CHEA) Austin sasona.org/chea
College Houses Austin collegehouses.org/
Houston Access to Urban Sustainability (HAUS) Houston hausproject.org/
ICC Austin Austin iccaustin.coop/
Whitehall Cooperative Austin whitehallcoop.com/
Wisconsin Madison Community Cooperatives Madison madisoncommunity.coop/

Canada Members

ProvinceNameCityWebsite
Ontario Waterloo Cooperative Residence Inc. (WCRI) Waterloo http://www.wcri.coop/

NASCO Properties

NASCO Properties was established in the late 1980s to help NASCO become more directly involved in student cooperatives and permanent housing cooperatives. NASCO Properties is governed as a "co-op of co-ops", where representatives of each co-op within NP make decisions through their seats on the board on issues that relate to the entire NASCO Properties system.

Each co-op within NASCO Properties has its own mission, board, and budget, and local co-ops have complete autonomy over local policies, distribution of rents, membership criteria, and most other issues. NASCO Properties maintains financial reserves for local maintenance needs, potential vacancies, and expansion. NASCO Properties manages property taxes, insurance, major renovations, and trainings for the members of each participating co-op. [3]

Properties

CityAssociated Co-opHouse NameYear of Acquisition
Chicago, ILQumbyaHaymarket House1989
Howard Bowers House1991
Concord House2000
Athens, OHStudent Cooperative Organization at Ohio UniversityThe Vine Housing Coop1990
Santa Cruz, CASanta Cruz Student Housing CooperativeZami!1996
Urbana, ILCOUCHBrooks House1999
Harvest House2000
Buffalo, NYNickel City Housing CooperativeOle Wondermoth2002
Plankton House2006
Austin, TXCommunity Housing Expansion of AustinSasona Cooperative2002
La Reunion Apartment Cooperative2013
Kalamazoo, MIKalamazoo Collective HousingFletcher Collective2007
Lawrence, KAUniversity of Kansas Student Housing Association (UKSHA)Sunflower House2010
Ad Astra House2010
Olive House2010

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