Adapted from the 2012 version, 3.0 offers you up-to-date information and guidance for cohousing communities seeking to understand legal options. Not to be substituted for legal advice, this guide provides over 100 pages of information and support from taxes and zoning to bylaws and group process. Free download.

Grounded Solutions: Community Land Trust Technical Manual

The Community Land Trust Technical Manual provides a comprehensive, practical guide for the ongoing operation of community land trusts as well as for startups. Free download.

Seattle Cultural Space Agency: Cultural Space Handbook

A handbook of top lessons we have learned in our process of running a cultural space, step by step.

Nonprofit Housing Providers

Abode Services

BRIDGE Housing

Christian Church Homes

The John Stewart Company

Educational Programming

HUD Approved First Time Homebuyer Education

Richmond Neighborhood Housing Services-Free HUD Pre-Purchase Workshop
Mission Economic Development Agency- Free First Time Homebuyer Workshop
Habitat for Humanity EastBay/Silicon Valley- Online (Self-Paced)
eHome America- Homebuyer Education. Online (Self-paced)
A1 housing Services- First Time Homebuyer Workshop Part I, II & III.

Legal Professionals

Bay Area Legal Aid
Free civil legal assistance for Bay Area residents.

California Lawyers for the Arts
Legal resources tailored for artists.

Forms Pal
Free legal form templates for download.

Tenants Together Resource Directory
A directory of a variety of legal and aid contacts.

ALEXSIS C. BEACH
Tenants’ Rights / Wrongful Eviction, Habitability and Discrimination Lawyer

Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC)

Andy Sirkin Law Resources

Estate Planning

Nonprofit Formation

Jessie Palmer
- Formation of non-profit corporations in California, Processing of applications for tax exemption, creative legal solutions for non-profits, land trusts and shared housing groups such as artists warehouses, communal houses, coops, co-housing projects and rural land projects

Eviction Help

ACCESS Center SF
Legal information on evictions in San Francisco.

Anti-Eviction Map
Tenant Resource List and Tool Kits.

Bay Area Legal Aid
Assistance with illegal evictions, substandard housing conditions, discrimination, and wrongful denials of housing subsidies.

Berkeley Housing Retention Program
Assistance for Berkeley residents at risk of eviction.

Centro Legal De La Raza
Tenants’ rights practice for East Bay residents.

CFPB Directory
Rental assistance by state and tribal lands.

East Bay Community Law Center
Directory by issues for East Bay residents.

ECHO Fair Housing
East Bay eviction review by city.

Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity
Permanent housing support in the East Bay.

Ellis Act Eviction
Eviction rights and assistance for Ellis Act cases.

Eviction Defense Collaborative
National legal, rental, shelter, and tenant assistance.

Eviction Defense Network
Support for facing eviction/rent debt in California.

Law Help
Eviction resources and information on housing costs.

Season of Hope
One-time financial assistance for Alameda County residents.