FORUM - Housing Co-operatives

What are housing co-operatives?  What are their benefits?  What role do housing co-ops play in our housing future? 

We invite you to this exciting event, where we will launch a series of five short videos about housing co-operatives in Western Australia and discuss the housing co-operative model with the following outstanding panel:  

Panellists -

• Jasmine Palmer: Researcher at RMIT University focusing on collaborative housing and sustainable design. Jasmine is also a member of Urban Coup Cohousing in Melbourne. 
  
• Anthony Taylor: Policy Offer at the Business Council of Co-operatives & Mutuals - the peak body and voice for Co-ops and Mutuals in Australia.
• Michelle Mackenzie: CEO Shelter WA - an independent peak body, based in Perth Western Australia, that advocates for social and affordable housing and ending homelessness.
• Peter Shooter: Resident First Fremantle Housing Collective and Chair Co-operation Housing.
• Eugenie Stockmann: CEO, Co-operation Housing. 

Our MC for the evening is Anthony James.  Anthony is an award-winning facilitator and educator, creator of The RegenNarration podcast, a widely published writer, and an Honorary Research Associate at UWA.

Special guests -

• Georgi Ivers & Jake Bamford: Talented young film makers and producers of the videos series about Co-operation Housing and our full member housing co-ops. 

The forum starts at 6:30pm.  Please join us from 5:45pm for drinks and finger food. 

Thank you to our sponsors and supporters -
The City of Fremantle, home to the highest number of housing co-operatives in Western Australia, provided a community grant which made this project and event possible.