≥ A commitment to the seven co-operative FOR THEMSELVES • Empowerment, agency, and voice principles.1 AND/OR OTHERS • Wider economic and social benefits The methodology and its findings provide a ≥ The active desire to join and take part in a • Lower operating costs basis for the expansion of the co-operative BENEFITS OF HOUSING sector and have lessons for community CO-OPERATIVES co-operative due. [...] of relevance and interest to the housing co- numbers of rented or owned, high quality, and It is an opportune time to consider the value operative sector internationally, and community well-maintained housing for large parts of the of ARHCs for being part of a solution to and social housing more broadly, as outcomes population. [...] This reflects and captures the and surveys of the sector, to begin to build a diversity of the sector, possibly with a slight This is set out in Figure 1, which shows over-representation of metropolitan co- the range of stakeholders who perform operatives. [...] between the co-operatives’ requirement for of co-operatives and a range of benefits for participation and the unpaid and technically We found that equitable and effective tenant-members. [...] OVERVIEW OF AUSTRALIA’S RENTAL HOUSING CO-OPERATIVES This chapter presents an The chapter then presents the typology of not fall under community housing regulation, it overview of the scale and housing co-operatives that was developed is the most comprehensive capture of housing in the project, to ensure data was captured co-operatives in Australia to date.
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