BUILDA BETTER WORLD CO-OPS 2025
HOUSING SUMMIT
THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2025
MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
Co-ops are the missing piece in Australia’s affordable
housing puzzle
ACHA champions the benefits of housing co-operatives and advocates for the growth of a thriving co-op housing sector, managing at least 10% of community housing stock.
STRENGTHEN
Strong and sustained co-op governance and best practice in the rental housing sector.
INFLUENCE
National housing agenda shaped to include rental co-operative housing.
GROW
Increased supply of rental co-operative housing across Australia.
ACHA is an alliance of co-op housing providers. We do collectively what our members could not do alone.
9:00 am
Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country
Liz Thomas
Managing Director CEHL & ACHA Chair
9:15 am
Opening Address
Josh Burns MP
Special Envoy for Social Housing and Homelessness
Federal Member for Macnamara
9:30 am
Building New Foundations
STARTING A CO-OP: Insights from the STUCCO student housing journey and global insights from Co-op Housing International.
10:30 am
Morning Tea
Officer, STUCCO Coordinator, Canberra Student Housing Co-op
Facilitator
Donald Proctor STUCCO Founding Member
Dr Scott Jennings Cooperative Housing International
Coffee Cart
11:00 am
Building Shared Solutions
Collaborating to empower Australia's first transgender housing co-op.
12:00 pm
Planning Portfolio Growth
Lessons from the South Australian and Victorian experiences.
12:40 am
Lunch
1:25 pm
Shared Equity Over 55's Co-op
Insights from Western Australia’s Kyloring Co-op.
David Schwartz Principal SGS Economics
Melinda Marshall Operations Manager, Co-operation Housing
Facilitator
Facilitator
Veronica Brydon Kyloring Co-operative Director & Member
Alister Oldham Principal Bower Insights
Eugenie Stockmann CEO Co-operation Housing
Thomas King CEHL Executive Director Finance and Investment
Steven Morrissey ACHA Member & CEO SouthEast Housing Co-operative
Councillor Sylvie Ellsmore City of Sydney Council
Humair Ahmad Homes NSW, Executive Director
Chantell Martin All Nations Co-op Director and Member
Nick Sabel CEO, Common Equity NSW
Facilitator
1:55 pm – Concurrent Session One – Panel
Building Safe Places - HARRISON ROOM
How co-ops support placemaking for vulnerable people
Glenn Crawford General Manager Harnest
Suzanne Paynter Director Business Growth, Safe Steps Group
Director and Member Dragon City Housing Co-op
1:55 pm – Concurrent Session Two
Building Other Forms of Co-op Housing - AFL DINING ROOM
Exploring co-development and cohousing models .
Eugenie Stockmann CEO Co-operation Housing
2:55 pm
Afternoon Tea
Dr Jason Hilder Chair of CoHousing Australia
Walker CEO United Housing Co-op
Holmes General Manager Co-op Services. CEHL
Coffee Cart
Facilitator
Karren
Alyce
Facilitator
3:25 pm
The National Picture National Housing Supply & Affordability Council examines Australia’s housing landscape.
4:05 pm
Building Global Partnerships
International Insights: lessons from Canada’s $1.5 billion and the UK’s £20 million co-op housing investments.
Closing Remarks 4:45 pm
5.00 pm
Summit Close
Networking Drinks
Facilitator
Facilitator
Facilitator
Dr Marcus Spiller Deputy Chair National Housing Supply and Affordability Council
Blase Lambert CEO The Confederation of Co-operative Housing (UK)
Roshena Campbell Deputy Lord Mayor City of Melbourne
Liz Thomas ACHA Chair and CEHL Managing Director
Liz Thomas ACHA Chair and CEHL Managing Director
Stephanie Miller ACHA Member and CEO CEHSA
Melina Morrison ACHA Member and CEO BCCM
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