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We are the Cork Student Housing Co-Operative, a group of students working with the UCC Co-Operative Society to get a student housing co-operative up and running in Cork City.

17/02/2026

💚 Updated Committee Photo!!! 💚

Meet the students + alumni that make up our organizing committee:

Fionn: Housing Officer
Isabel: Chair
Theo: Research Officer
AJ: OCM
Cornelia: OCM
Cormac: Treasurer
(Not pictured 🥺) Nora: OCM
((+ Big Shout out 🗣️ to Iona who has recently stepped back after many years of working with us ❤️))

Are you a student in Cork City who's passionate about taking action against the Student Housing Crisis? Join our Committee! We are looking to fill the following roles:

❤️ Social Media Officer
❤️ Outreach/events Officer
❤️ Secretary

These are voluntary positions with expected 1-2 hours of commitment weekly 🤝

DM us or send us an email if you're interested 😁

13/02/2026

Our committee had a fantastic day yesterday presenting to the second year UCC/MTU architecture students & visiting the new cafe 😍❤️

30/11/2025

❤️ More photos from our Reimaging Student Accommodation event in UCC!! ❤️

🥳 Check out the Raffle Draw for the Izz Café voucher on our story! 👏🏻

❤️ Thank you to everyone who has signed up for the Member or Friend tier on our Open Collective page - you rock!!

25/11/2025

📣 Sign up to become a Member or Friend of the Cork Student Housing Co-op! 📣

Please Support your local student accommodation initiative from just €5 a year. All funds will be used for co-op activities & all expenses can be viewed on our Open Collective platform ✨

Membership Perks:

- Vote at our AGM
- Join our Committee (if you'd like!)
- Newsletter
- Travel Opportunities with the co-op
- First refusal to live in our co-op

Friend Perks:

A good feeling for donating your money to a good local cause ❤️

Sign up through our Open Collective (link in bio) before THIS FRIDAY 28TH November to be in with a chance of winning a €25 Izz Cafe Voucher!! 💙

Thank you!

13/11/2025

EVENT REMINDER: ✨ Reimagining Student Accommodation in Cork City: The Co-operative Model ✨

📅 Thursday, 20th November
📍 CACSSS Seminar Room, ORB, UCC
🕔 5:45–8:15 PM (Arrival from 5:30 PM)
🎟 Free to attend – all welcome!

🏠 Tired of the student housing crisis? Let’s think differently! Join us for an inspiring workshop exploring co-operative housing solutions for students in Cork. Hear from the Cork and Dublin Student Housing Co-ops, and guest speaker from Co-operative Housing Ireland. Be part of the conversation and reimagine student-owned & sustainable accommodation for Cork city!

☕ Savoury & sweet refreshments provided.

SIGN UP for free on our Eventbrite & secure your spot! Link in bio ✨

📸 Pictures taken by our committee & friends of housing co-operatives in Geneva

31/10/2025

📢 Mark Your Calendars!! 📢

We are delighted to announce our upcoming event in UCC: Reimagining Student Accommodation in Cork City.

✨ Discover how the co-operative housing model can offer students affordable, community-focused living.

Join us for an inspiring evening of talks and discussions, featuring student voices, housing experts, and co-op pioneers from Cork and Dublin.

📅Date: Thursday, Nov 20
🕜Time: 5:45-8:20
📍Location: CACSSS Seminar Room, G27, O’Rahilly Building, University College Cork.
🍵 Free Refreshments

💬 Learn, connect, and help shape the future of student housing in Cork!

🔗 Link in our bio to register for free!

📣 All welcome: students, researchers, housing advocates & curious minds!

In collaboration with UCC Centre for Cooperative Studies, , & students of Critical GIS (GG6508) 🤝

❤️ Supported by: , SolidNetwork, &

09/09/2025

Our committee member, AJ Nagle, has written an article for about how co-operative housing could potentially help alleviate the accommodation, and broader housing crisis, that Ireland is experiencing 🏠

Throughout this article, AJ shows examples of other co-operative student housing to show how it works in other countries! She mentions , and 🏠

Click on the link in bio to read the article in an easier format! 📖

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Big shout-out to for writing a song about how we got to this housing crisis in the first place 🫡

05/07/2025

This International Day of Co-operatives, we are sharing some of the stories of Student Housing Co-ops from around the world 🌍

Behind every student housing co-op is a group of passionate young people who decided that affordable, not-for-profit and community-driven housing isn’t just a dream... it can be a reality.

From Cork to California, Seoul to São Paulo, students are:

🛠️ Building their own housing solutions

🗳️ Making decisions together (1 member: 1 vote)

🤝 Following the co-operative principles

🌱 Living sustainably and affordably

Message us if you've any questions or want to get involved in the movement! 🤝🏘️

05/03/2025

Hey everyone! 👋🏻 A few of our members will be outside the UCC library today from 12-3pm to chat about our Student Co-op Housing initiative 🏘️ Pop along for a chat and to get one of our zines!! Thanks to the UCC SU Equality Working Group for inviting us :)

09/10/2024

🌍✨ Day 2 Highlights from Geneva! ✨🌍 (part 1)

AJ & Isabel from Cork Student Housing Cooperative spent an inspiring day exploring cooperative housing in Geneva, organised by urbaMonde in collaboration with La Ciguë, CODHA, and Equilibre. They visited three remarkable housing cooperatives in the Eco-neighbourhood of Les Vergers de Meyrin.

🏠 La Ciguë: This independent, student-focused cooperative has been creating low-cost community housing since 1986. It emphasized self-management, sustainability, and bringing students together in an eco-friendly environment. La Ciguë has other buildings around Geneva but this one is just for students! They have a bike repair shop, bike storage, communal event spaces, vegetable gardens and a children's play area💚

🏢 CODHA: Founded in 1994, CODHA has redefined affordable housing with a focus on participation, solidarity, and a higher quality of life. With over 750 housing units already built and more on the way, it continues to set a new standard for community living! Codha really highlights what a building can be when it's run by the people living there - they have BBQ spaces, vegetable gardens on balconies, rock climbing walls, arcade room, a gym, guest rooms and more! This fosters such a sense of community 🤝

🌱 Equilibre: Since 2005, Equilibre has promoted sustainable living through collective planning and eco-conscious construction. By prioritizing shared spaces and social diversity, it has built stronger, more connected communities. Currently Equilibre are trialing compostable toilets and different families have volunteered to use them! They use the compost for the gardens and urine to create fertiliser! 🌿

These visits also included insightful discussions with residents and co-op representatives, offering a deeper look into the technical, architectural, and day-to-day aspects of cooperative living.

We left inspired by the innovative approaches and community spirit they encountered in Geneva. Stay tuned for more updates on how they plan to bring these ideas back to Cork Student Housing Cooperative! 💬🏡

08/10/2024

Day 1 from Isabel & AJ's trip to Geneva for the Pan European Student Co-operative Housing Meeting 🇨🇭 We met Matthew, a student from Trinity who is hoping to set up a student housing co-op for Dublin, see first pic!!

Then we met the new committee of Belfast Student Housing Co-op (Jess, Ben & Saj) along with representatives (Niamh & Bryan) from NUS-USI who hope to advocate for student cooperative housing to student unions across Ireland 🇮🇪

Our first night involved a social on a beautiful 19th Century steam boat in the heart of Geneva, c'était incroyable! 🚢

We will share more from this inspiring trip over the next few weeks, stay tuned!

Thank you to Cooperative Housing Ireland
& Association urbaMonde for making this trip possible

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