The need for cooperative housing in Australia is on the rise as a solution to the country’s rental crisis. Melina Morrison, the CEO of BCCM, is urging the Federal Government to allocate a more significant role for cooperative housing in their proposed $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund, which aims to build 30,000 new social and affordable properties. Watch Melina’s call for an expansion of cooperative housing in Australia on Sky News Australia. Melina also explains why cooperative housing is important and provides evidence from Denmark and Canada on how housing coop residents have better economic, well-being, and employment outcomes than other forms of social housing.

Melina Morrison on Sky News Australia