Home Base: The Playbook for Cooperative Development
A report from National Cooperative Bank and Capital Impact Partners, with support from the Cooperative Development Foundation and primary funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
When Home Base: The Playbook for Cooperative Development was first published in 2006, its purpose was clear: to provide practitioners with a practical guide for developing housing cooperatives. Nearly 20 years later, the need for this report has only intensified. The ongoing housing crisis continues to deepen, placing pressure on individuals, families and entire communities across the country. Nonprofit housing developers, community-based organizations and resident leaders alike are turning to cooperative housing as a tool that not only addresses cost but also strengthens community ownership and resilience.
This revised manual emerges in response to that growing demand for permanently affordable housing. It offers updated guidance, grounded examples and practical tools to support those embarking on cooperative housing development today. Our hope is that it serves as a trusted resource, one that both honors the foundations of cooperative development and equips a new generation of practitioners to advance it.