New research from Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) highlights the urgent need to re-imagine Australia’s social housing system.
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Stability and Connection Though Co-op Living
For Kylie and her family in Victoria, Australia, the journey from housing insecurity to finding stability and connection through co-operative living was years in the making. After navigating the compounding challenges of relationship breakdown, serious illness, and...
Summerhill Village Ready for Members
Summerhill Village in Victoria, Australia, showcases the power of co-operative housing to deliver more than just a roof over your head - it builds community, dignity, and long-term security. Developed by United Housing Co-operative ltd. in partnership with the Lions...
Common Equity at CHIA NSW Conference
Great to see Common Equity representing the rental co-operative housing sector at the Community Housing Industry Association NSW 2025 Community Housing Conference. #cooperativehousing #communityhousing #socialhousing
Nick Sabel Presents to Aquarius Foundation
ACHA was proud to see Nick Sabel, CEO of Common Equity and ACHA member, contribute to a packed forum at Nimbin Town Hall hosted by the Aquarius Foundation and the local community. Nick shared insights on Australia’s rental co-operative housing models and the value...
Congratulations to ACHA Chair Liz Thomas on her appointment to the BCCM Board! We’re proud to see Liz join the Board of the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) - the peak body representing Australia’s co-operative and mutual movement. This appointment...
Financing the Australian dream of home ownership – co-operative building societies
Co-operative building societies provided finance that allowed some Australians to achieve the Australian dream of home ownership in the period following the Second World War.
Australia’s co-op apex calls on new government to support sector
“There has never been a more timely opportunity to bring mutuals into the heart of economic and social policy.” – Melina Morrison, CEO, Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) With co-operatives and mutuals already delivering real impact the housing...
Victoria faces $5.4bn choice between level crossing removals and almost 20,000 social housing builds
Nathan Mawby, Property Journalist at the Herald Sun, is challenging Victoria to face a $5.4 billion choice: invest in the final 25 level crossing removals or use the funds to build nearly 20,000 new social housing homes. As Victoria prepares its 2025–26 budget,...
A clear opportunity to rethink how we deliver housing
“Co-ops and mutuals are a microcosm of democratic systems governed equally to deliver equitable outcomes for the majority.” – Melina Morrison, CEO, BCCM As Labor begins its new term with a strong mandate, there’s a clear opportunity to rethink how we deliver housing -...
New social housing for Sydney trans women secured via government funding
Ms Martin and Ms Brown (ABC: Jak Rowland) A safe, inclusive home should be a right, not a privilege. Fourteen years ago, Kooncha Brown and Chantell Martin began forming a housing co-operative to support trans women facing discrimination in the rental market. Today,...
Sue Hird: ‘Champion for the Community’ award recipient
Sue Hird from the North Coast Women’s Housing Co-op was thrilled to recently receive Common Equity NSW’s inaugural Champion for the Community award – an honour she truly deserves!