Earthfriendly and Self-Sufficient Architectures also from the U of Colorado. Sustainable Architecture, Building, and Culture links and content for ecological building. Sustainable Home Ownership Initiative of the National Consumer Law Center , one of the nation's leading experts on low-income consumer issues. The Home Ownership Initiative researches and exposes predatory lending practices typically found in low income areas, and helps people understand their rights and options. Construction is explained and sequenced so that it is easy for untrained people to be guided in the work.
Courses combine construction and class work for an effective presentation.
Director is Dr. Phil Hawes, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright and the architect for Biosphere 2. The class syllabus seems very comprehensive. The Co-housing Network , a type of collaborative housing featuring private dwellings surrounding one or more larger common buildings. A good on-line library of articles on the subject, access, connections, there may be one forming in your area. New Zealand Ecovillages and Community Housing project , teaching low income people skills to construct affordable housing, providing land and resources for such projects, and initiating eco-villages.