Collaborative housing and housing providers: towards an analytical framework of multi-stakeholder collaboration in housing co-production

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Figure 1. A continuum of user-involvement in housing provision.

Figure 2. Illustrative diagram of multi-stakeholder relationships in collaborative housing developments.

Figure 3. Collaboration and co-production relationships in the women's housing project [ro*sa]²² – Vienna, Austria.

Figure 4. Collaboration and co-production in the residents’ co-operative ‘Le Village Vertical’ – Villeurbanne (Lyon), France.

Table 1. Comparative overview: stakeholders and their roles in each project.

Project name	Stakeholders		Roles
[ro*sa]²²	Primary	Residents’ group [ro*sa]²²	• Co-initiator • Conceptualisation, planning, co-design • Daily management
		Housing provider (WBV-GPA)	• Developer, property manager • Intermediary lender • Owner of the land and building • Implementer of municipality's social housing allocation policy
		Architect	• Visionary, initiator, recruiter • Initial conceptualisation and planning of the project
	Secondary	Bank	Lender
		Wohnfornds Wien	Land provider
		Wohnservice Wien	Allocation of social housing to eligible tenants (1/3 of the project)
	Wider environment	Vienna feminist groups	Potential residents, supporters, intermediaries to reach wider demand
Village vertical	Primary	Residents’ group (residents’ cooperative ‘Village Vertical’)	• Visionary, initiator, recruiter • Conceptualisation, planning, co-design • Daily management • Co-delivery (as volunteers) of social support to vulnerable tenants alongside ALOJ association
		Housing provider (RSH)	• Developer, property manager • Intermediary lender • Guarantor vis-à-vis credit institution
			• Co-owner of the building, owner of the land • Implementer of municipality's social housing allocation policy
		Habicoop	• Facilitator, intermediary • Legal, organisational and financial adviser • Advocacy, lobby
	Secondary	Architecture firm	• Technical expertise in ecological design • Architectural design in close collaboration with residents’ group
		Bank	Lender
		AILOJ association	Identification of tenants eligible for ‘very social housing’ flats; provision of specialised care as required
		Villeurbanne local authority	Local planning regulations, local municipal service provider
		ZAC Maison-Neuves team	Manager of subsidised land provided to the project
		Grand Lyon metropolitan authority	Land provider; political support
	Wider environment	Rhône Alpes regional government	Regional planning authority
		Fondation de France	Additional financial support to the project
		URSCOP (Union Régionale des sociétés coopératives).	Link to wider range of cooperative actors at regional level