SCIC L’Arban

L’Arban is a cooperative society of collective interest that works in different areas: local development, participatory urban planning and eco-renovation. L’Arban is a cooperative that defines itself as a local development tool in the Limousin mountains (rural mid-mountain area). Through its action around housing, L’Arban carries out real estate operations in eco-renovation of old buildings and supports individuals wishing to carry out projects in Accompanied Self-Rehabilitation. Through its action in urban planning, L’Arban supports local authorities in their town centre development and revitalisation projects, integrating ecological issues and the participation of residents.

The cooperative was created in 2010 by a citizen initiative to address the issues of access to housing in rural areas. The cooperative has more than 170 members organised under a private-public-civic partnership model, including residents, local authorities, professionals and citizen investors, etc.) under a horizontal, integrated and participatory governance mode.