The second event in RUSS’s 2019 Community Housing Meeting series centred around examples of innovative self-build projects from overseas. Ted Stevens (Founding Chair, National Custom and Self-Build Association) presented the findings of his two-year research project examining self-build community housing

March 9th: How to set up a community-led housing project (RUSS School Module 1) Community-led housing is a way for local communities to address their housing needs by producing their own decent and affordable homes. It is increasingly seen as

“If there were more organisations like RUSS we could address a lot of society’s problems; as we are finding solutions. A place where ideas and resources that can be shared.” – quote from discussion participant   As part of RUSS’s

On 16th January we relaunched the RUSS Community Housing Meetings at the Cafe of Good Hope with an evening looking at the inspiration behind the project. There was a great, and diverse turn out of around 40 people – some

LONDON’S LEADING SELF-BUILD GROUP UNVEILS PROGRAMME OF EVENING TALKS Release date, 4 January 2019 – RUSS, the Community Land Trust behind an innovative 33 home affordable self-build project in Church Grove, Lewisham, has released details of the first four open

We are very excited to announce our Members Meetings are being revamped for the new year! We have a new home at Good Hope PLACE/Ladywell and with the incredible year that we have had, we will reflect on our achievements

The Rural Urban Synthesis Society (RUSS) is seeking a volunteer Secretary to sit on the board of Trustees and support the organisation through an exciting time of growth and development. RUSS is a Community Land Trust based in south-east London.

Release date – 4 December 2018 NATIONAL LOTTERY’S ‘AWARDS FOR ALL’ SCHEME SUPPORTS LONDON COMMUNITY-LED HOUSING TRAINING INITIATIVE RUSS, the Community Land Trust behind an innovative 33 home affordable self-build project in Lewisham, has been awarded a grant of £9,450

Jim Hudson, RUSS member and PhD candidate researching co-housing shares  his personal reflections on RUSS’s visit to OWCH (Older Women’s Co-Housing). On 28th October RUSS members visited New Ground in Barnet, the home of the Older Women’s Co-Housing (OWCH for