Innovative models for collective community investment and ownership

¿De qué trata esta convocatoria?

The topic funds research projects that develop and test collective community investment and ownership models for revitalising neighbourhoods. Models are expected to be validated in at least three neighbourhoods in different countries.

¿Qué financia esta convocatoria?

Scope

Collective community investment and ownership models allow local people to invest in, own, manage and benefit from local commercial, housing, transitional or mixed-use assets. The topic funds research that develops such bottom-up, place-based models for revitalising neighbourhoods in line with the New European Bauhaus.

Two options (one to be chosen)

• Option A: a community equity investment model, in which community members buy shares in local cooperative or community-based commercial or service assets and take part in their development without necessarily working there.
• Option B: an occupant equity model, in which community members build equity through living or working in a cooperative or community-based housing or mixed-use asset.

Expected activities

• Develop the model with diverse community stakeholders, including marginalised or vulnerable groups.
• Develop and validate it in at least three neighbourhoods in different Member States and/or Associated Countries.
• Assess socio-economic and environmental impacts, including long-term affordability and accessibility.
• Identify systemic barriers, including local capital and real estate market dynamics and long-term financial viability, and use existing legal and regulatory frameworks.
• Provide recommendations for scaling up and adapting the model to other contexts.

Expected outcomes

Community members co-create and take part in investment and ownership models, with gains in local democratic participation, social equity, cohesion, sense of belonging and local economic development.

¿Cuándo termina el plazo?

1 de diciembre de 2027 (390 días)

1 December 2027