Housing Group Says Australia Is Overlooking a Third Path to Home Security

A housing group based in South Australia has called on the Australian government to add cooperatives to its long-term housing plan.

A house under construction stands in front of newly built homes at a housing development in Sydney, Australia, on Feb. 20, 2025. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images

With many Australians tired of renting but falling short of buying a home, a housing organisation has suggested a third solution to the nation’s housing woes.

Representatives from Common Equity Housing South Australia group met with the Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity in Canberra on June 17 to discuss the merits of co-operative housing—a system that sits somewhere between renting and buying.