September 2019

2nd Sept: We completed the purchase of the second half of the land. The Soil Circle broke out the bubbly to celebrate the joy and relief of becoming the owners of the whole site. Our thanks go to all who helped make it possible.
12th: Judith, Lin and Monica went to a working lunch at the LSE, at which academics and housing professionals interested in cohousing put the finishing touches to the report by Jim Hudson “The wider benefits of cohousing: The case of Bridport Cohousing”. It was great to meet 2 colleagues from Older Women’s’ Co-Housing in North London, who were also present.
A huge milestone for BC was refining and applying our Allocations process (see our Local Lettings Policy), to allocate homes to the first tranche of members who are buying their homes at 80% of market value. We had become used to applying our Nominations process which is the first step towards becoming a resident; our Allocations process is the second step.