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SPEAKING Issue Twenty One | OCTOBER 2025 | Common Equity Housing Ltd
IN THIS ISSUE Second Annual ACHA Pictured, CEHL Board Director Joe Montero, Kate Lodding Satellite CERC, Board Chair, Fiona Herman, CEHL Board Director Beth Rundle, Skye Egan and Sharon Scott Dragon City, Ashleigh Beard Lakewood and CEHL Board Director, Dr Sylwia Greda-Bogusz OAM
Australian Co-op Housing Summit 2025 “My message today for this room, is that we are keen to work with the people in this room. We’re keen to work with the co-op sector. We’re keen to ensure that, while co-op housing is not excluded from government programs, that there is a fair playing field.” Josh Burns, Federal Labor Member for McNamara and Special Envoy for Social Housing and Homelessness addressed the crowd at the second annual Australian Co-operative Housing Alliance (ACHA), Summit in on September 18. “I know that one thing we all share and want is for Australians and our fellow community members to have that sense of belonging and that
sense of place. When you add the extra effort that co-ops are asking of people [...] you get that sense of belonging,” Mr Burns said. The presence of a Federal Member of Parliament, together with the media attention the summit attracted shows that co-ops are increasingly part of the national housing conversation. Read more from the day on page 6.
Summit in Melbourne Merri Co-op Homes Take Part in Climate Safe Room Trial Co-ops Win at Australasian Housing Industry Awards Stockaders Gain Two New Homes Rutherglen Board to Board Meeting Dolphin’s Co-op Story Spotlight on Shepparton and the Peninsula Region Your Veggie Garden, Pets, and Recipe Winners Herbert Street Board Director Training