🏡 Big news from the UK: a £20 million investment in community-led housing! The UK Government has just announced a landmark funding package to support community-led housing initiatives - including housing co-operatives and community land trusts - with a goal to deliver...
The community here has been incredibly welcoming and I have regained aspects of life I had missed dearly – like cooking in a proper kitchen.
🌍 In 2025, the United Nations declared the second International Year of Cooperatives, celebrating the transformative power of over three million member-owned businesses worldwide. In New South Wales, ACHA member Common Equity NSW is part of this proud legacy — a...
Cindy’s childhood was filled with laughter, community and a sense of belonging – all thanks to co-operative housing.
As the dream of home ownership drifts further out of reach for many, a growing number of communities are turning to co-operative and collective housing models to find sustainable, secure, and inclusive solutions. A recent SBS Indonesian podcast explores alternative...
We were delighted to host Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Clare O'Neil, at one of our co-ops last week. The Minister had the chance to visit Marek and Małgorzata in Hotham, where she experienced the warmth of co-operative living firsthand (and some delicious...
ACHA is pleased to announce that it has become a Supporter of the Community Housing Industry Association ESG Reporting Standard. The CHIA Environments, Sustainability and Governance Reporting Standard is a tool for measuring, managing, reporting and interpreting...
First published in the August 2024 Common Equity NSW Newsletter It was the stuck-at-homeness of Covid that sparked it off. Bee and friends out there weeding, digging, planting - got us started. Months of diligent street combing, roadside rescue and thrifty scrounging...
Last month, a delegation from the BCCM embarked on an eye-opening study tour of co-operative housing models in Copenhagen, Vienna and Zurich.
Residents will be in charge of every aspect of the building under the initiative, led by secondary co-op Roost.
“I wash clothes, cook and clean in daylight hours when the sun is shining which means all this electricity is free, I am very happy”
The 272 Caroline Street South Tenant Association was formed when the tenants of an apartment building located in Ontario, Canada, learned their landlord had listed the building for sale.