While only a small provider of accommodation in Australia (0.03% of all homes compared to Sweden’s 22%), new research reveals how developing the sector could relieve some of the pressure.
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Tenant-members expressed high levels of satisfaction with their living arrangements, a strong sense of home, solid social bonds, and an improved sense of health and wellbeing. These positives were shared with their children.
Importantly, our study found participants had a strong sense of agency and voice, which is often missing in other housing tenures, especially renting.
Housing co-operatives
in The Conversation