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Resources about cohousing, co-operatives, and housing in Australia
Podcasts
ABC Big Ideas: No place like an (affordable) home
Tell me more about Cohousing podcast
- S4 Episode 19 - Living in cohousing at all stages of life by Lynn Morstead & Kelli Soika (2026/02/27 14:00)
- S4 Episode 18 - 2026 Update - What is going on in Houston!? by Lynn Morstead & Kelli Soika (2026/02/13 21:00)
- S4 Episode 17 - What is GRIT in Cohousing? by Lynn Morstead & Kelli Soika (2025/12/18 17:00)
- S4 Episode 16: Chuck Durrett on founding the cohousing movement and where he thinks it could go next by Lynn Morstead & Kelli Soika (2025/11/14 06:00)
- S4 Episode 15: Founders Series, CoHousing Houston's Very Own Tom & Lynn! by Lynn Morstead & Kelli Soika (2025/11/07 06:00)
Reports and long form
How feasible is a new generation of housing co-operatives in Australia?
This report contains detailed financial and ecosystem analysis of an at-cost housing cooperative development in inner Sydney.
https://static.crabmusket.net/2024/new-generation-housing-coop-report-2023/ (Web page version)
What Australia can learn from European affordable co-operative rental housing models
The BCCM led a study tour to 3 European cities in 2024 to explore their co-operative sector. This report explains what they learned.
https://bccm.coop/australia-urged-to-look-to-europe-for-solutions-to-housing-crisis/
https://bccm.coop/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/European-Study-Tour-Report-2024-web.pdf
The Third Way: A Cooperative Affordable Rental Model for Sydney
Short handout produced for the City of Sydney describing the co-operative housing model and a proposed pilot project.
THE VALUE OF HOUSING CO-OPERATIVES IN AUSTRALIA: A Western Sydney University report
A research project led by Professor Louise Crabtree-Hayes at Western Sydney University’s Institute for Culture and Society recently launched a report on the national study of affordable rental housing co-operatives, The research shows the benefits of such co-operatives, which may provide affordable and stable housing choices across Australia amid a growing housing and rental crisis.
https://researchers-admin.westernsydney.edu.au/ws/portalfiles/portal/156721441/uws_75497.pdf