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Community response to COVID-19: The case of rental housing cooperatives in Melbourne, Australia and Choluteca, Honduras.
Guity-Zapata, Nestor Agustin; Stone, Wendy M; Nygaard, Christian.
  • Guity-Zapata NA; Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Stone WM; Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Nygaard C; Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Habitat Int ; 131: 102737, 2023 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2165317
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 and its restrictions have had widely documented negative impacts for private and social rental sectors, internationally. Limited evidence exists about how the pandemic effects were experienced in alternative forms of renting such as housing cooperatives. Rental cooperatives, recognised for their principles of democratic control, education and training and concern for community, may offer different outcomes for members than more individually-oriented rental forms. This paper seeks to explore whether and how COVID-19 was responded to within cooperative rental housing models, and if the pandemic posed a challenge to cooperative principles. Using a social practices approach, the analysis first identifies cooperative members' formal and informal responses to COVID-19, and second explores the meaning of such activities in the pandemic context in Australia and Honduras cooperatives. The continuity of usual housing cooperative practices and pandemic measures were analysed via in-depth interviews with 15 residents. Findings indicate that cooperative responses acted to reduce negative impacts of the pandemic or to find effective solutions. Rental housing cooperative residents' lived experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, invite us to reflect on the role of housing cooperatives in the housing sector, the importance of collaborative housing models and the relevance of housing-based community resilience.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Observational study / Qualitative research Country/Region as subject: Central America / Honduras Language: English Journal: Habitat Int Year: 2023 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.habitatint.2022.102737

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Observational study / Qualitative research Country/Region as subject: Central America / Honduras Language: English Journal: Habitat Int Year: 2023 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.habitatint.2022.102737