Stone Soup Cooperative is a housing cooperative created in Chicago, Illinois in 1997. A collective of activists working and living in Chicago began renting a former convent with the goal of creating an intentional community for "Joy and Justice."^[1] The cooperative was founded on the principle of the stone soup fable, which resonated with the original 10-12 founders.^[2] The story is a lesson in cooperation in which a town comes together to turn a pot of boiling water with a stone in it into a hearty soup that can be shared amongst all its inhabitants by each adding one ingredient.

In 2000, members raised enough money for a down payment on the Leland House^[3] and in 2003 the collective jointly purchased Hoyne House.

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