Powering community ownership in York: creating accessible, sustainable, community-led homes and spaces. 🏡🏬🌱
York, UK
Joined January 2015
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It felt quite surreal to see meaningful movement onsite this week.
These are the actual trenches for the foundations of the @loficoho homes!!
Updates to follow throughout
Excited to document this leg of the journey..
#spadesintheground
James and Sue, our YorSpace co-founders, delivering a workshop all about the challenges and triumphs of making Lowfield Green Housing Co-operative a reality, at the recent CCH 2026 Conference!🏡🙌
Thanks to those of you who stopped by for a chat!😊
Applications for Lowfield Green Phase 2 RE-OPEN!🏡✨
Looking for a home that puts community, sustainability, affordability, and fairness first? Lowfield Green Housing Co-operative in York wants to welcome new members.
🔗Get the Details: Head to lowfieldgreencoop.uk/apply
Visiting Lowfield Green Phase 1, we are reminded of the power of community housing!🏡
Homes for the community shaped by the community🤝
📸 beetrootbox
YorSpace retweeted
@Yorspace and our Resonance Community Developers Fund have been shortlisted for Most Innovative Affordable Housing Project at the Building Innovation Awards 2026!
Our £2.5m investment helped deliver 14 permanently affordable, low-carbon homes in York.
#AffordableHousing
YorSpace is #hiring. Know anyone who might be interested? We are looking to recruit a Community Outreach & Admin Officer. We are a non-profit organisation in #York. Reach out if you want to know more! 😃Details up on our website: yorspace.org/_posts/2026-04-…
YorSpace retweeted
Our Resonance Community Developers fund has won its first award
In celebration, we’ve shared an article exploring the project behind this win: @Yorspace's community-led vision in York & the role of social investment.
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YorSpace retweeted
3 Resonance funds shortlisted for the @CTBetterSociety
Women in Safe Homes fund & @RefugeCharity
Resonance Community Developers Fund & @Yorspace
National Homelessness Property Fund 2 with @dhi_online, Bristol Together & Gloucester Together
#BetterSocietyAwards
YorSpace retweeted
Great news!
Resonance & @Yorspace are shortlisted for the SEYH 2025 Social Investment Award
A recognition of YorSpace at Lowfield Green – 14 permanently affordable, low-carbon homes brought to life through community leadership and social investment.
#SocialInvestment
YorSpace retweeted
Big news! 2 Resonance funds are shortlisted at the #RESIAwards
Inclusivity Award – Supported Homes Fund, Mansfield with @unitedresponse
Affordable Housing – RCD & @YorSpace in York
2 projects showing how social investment delivers inclusive, affordable homes.
YorSpace retweeted
We’ve won!
RCD & @Yorspace have won Most Innovative New Build Scheme at the Housing Innovation Awards
Recognising York’s first housing co-operative delivering permanently affordable, low-carbon homes. Proud to have worked with brilliant partners to make this happen.
@hdawards_
Pull up a chair, bring a dish - you’re invited to Sharing the Table! We love food at YorSpace. We also love making the city fairer through owning land as a community. If you like these too, then join us for our potluck dinner. Grab your spot at the table bit.ly/42Luegp
Hello.
Our partners @loficoho are looking for a new household to fill the final home at Lowfield Green.
Are you that household or do you know somebody?
We're only 2 months away from completion so need to move swiftly.
See here for more details mailchi.mp/319c5ae3cd37/we-h…
Meet the residents as part of the @Yorspace AGM and site tours on #WorldCLTDay2025 this weekend.
Our partners @loficoho will be there hosting a #coop open day on the village green @ Lowfield Green
Details here: instagram.com/p/DJkbNrlqcKF/… 😀
Workshop being hosted by @HomesPeople for the Fringe of @UKREiiF
Looks like it could be a really great session with another of our partners @resonanceltd
Great campaign by @CommLandTrusts on funding for #communityledhousing
This would be really great for those CLT members in cities heavily effected by tourism and second home ownership like #York
It's #WorldCLTDay2025 on 16/17th May
Lovely to be onsite on a sunny day in #york with our partners @loficoho & @YCEnergy
Exciting things are in the pipeline...
Looking forward to sharing more info on our #coop owned #communityenergy project soon ☀️
#zerocarbonchallengefund 😀
YorSpace partnered with @YCEnergy to support @loficoho with a feasibility study for #communityowned #solarpower. We are looking at how the site might run a collectively-owned solar array across the roofs, as well as supporting the group plan their #microgrid system.
There's one final property left to allocate as part of Phase 1 of our development at Lowfield Green
Want to be part of York's first housing co-operative?
Reach out and apply to be a member of @loficoho
#communityhousing #york #IYC2025 #coops
Details:
99home.co.uk/property_detail…
YorSpace retweeted
There's one more affordable home available to buy at @loficoho as part of their phase 1 build.
Share this 3 bed, 2 bathroom with anyone looking to move into an energy efficient, community oriented, co-operative home in York! 99home.co.uk/property_detail… @Yorspace
Due to a change in circumstances a 3 bed home is now available at Lowfield Green Housing Coop.🏡
🫵Are you looking to move house soon?
🫵 Have you considered living in a more community-oriented way?
Request an application pack: lowfieldgreencoop.uk/apply/
Things really taking shape with the build at Lowfield Green for @loficoho !
Shot from the scaffold on block 2... all three blocks in Phase 1 are up now 💪
What a time to be doing this as we mark the International Year of Cooperatives 2025
#communityledhousing #york #IYC2025
