Articles By David
Sweden’s Housing Co-ops Offer a Model for Moderate-Income Housing
October 25, 2024
In Sweden, almost one-quarter of all housing is in co-ops. Here are some lessons for this mixed-income housing model.
The Cost of Not Going Co-op
October 13, 2022
Buying your mobile home park could save you money: Residents fare better when they cooperatively own their parks.
The Cooperative Struggle Against Redlining
August 16, 2021
Many people are familiar with redlining, but less well known are the handful of cooperatives that sprouted up following WWII with a bold mission: providing integrated, community-owned
How Engagement and Design Won over Wary Neigbors
September 30, 2020
Despite initial opposition, a low-income housing community was built in an upscale subdivision in California.
Homeless Vets Given Keys to a new Home and Life
August 8, 2018
The Gordon H. Mansfield Veterans Community in Agawam, Massachusetts, offers housing for homeless veterans, along with access to various other supportive services.
David Thompson, discuss how cooperatives helped African Americans to exercise their right to vote.
February 20, 2020
Interviewed by Vernon Oakes, David Thompson, discuss how cooperatives helped African Americans to exercise their right to vote.
A Low-Cost Ownership Oasis in a Desert if Apartment Unaffordability
May 7, 2018
When this limited-equity cooperative in California began more than 30 years ago, it wasn’t the most affordable place to live. But now the co-op’s monthly costs are 50 percent lower than the average market rate apartment.
Articles Featuring David
Co-op housing honoured in UNESCO award for Corbusier buildings
August 25, 2016
Unesco adds 17 buildings to the list of World Heritage Sites, and David J Thompson reveals how it and the architect has influenced co-operative living in post war France.
Holiday became a history lesson on civil rights
October 4, 2024
David J Thompson shares the story of the co-op that changed the South in the US
The wartime secret of the second largest consumer co-op in the USA
January 28, 2020
David J Thompson on how a piece of co-op history sheds light on the internment of Japanese-American citizens during WWII
The night the lights were lit: 180 years of UK co-operation
December 21,2024
David J. Thompson on the birthplace of the co-op in 1844
Bayard Rusin: Co-op links to an unsung civil rights hero
May 13, 2024
David J Thompson celebrates an activist and co-op resident who is finally receiving recognition for his efforts
Book review: A Californian co-op story
April 6, 2018
David J Thompson’s book looks at the culture that gave rise to a wave of consumer co-ops
David J Thompson, President, Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation
September 28, 2016
A biography on David J Thompson and how his career has been shaped.
Mussolini could not kill the co-ops
August 3, 2019
David Thompson looks at how the co-op movement was able to survive the fascist regime in Italy
Own a piece of cooperative history from David Thompson’s collection
July 29, 2025
Cooperative historian and author is selling his extensive collection of co-op memorabilia from around the world to the next generation of co-op collectors.
Lifelong co-operator seeks home for his treasured archive
September 22, 2025
David J Thompson has dedicated his life to the movement – and has been gathering books and co-op memorabilia since the late 1970s
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