Urban Coup

Basic Information

Short description:

Urban Coup is a Melbourne-based cohousing group seeking to establish a new community within 8km radius of the city centre.

With the early work completed, the Coup is now finalising its design brief, and working with architects and courting developers as we develop feasibility studies.

Year founded:

2009

Community size:

10 to 20

Location

Melbourne, VIC

Australia

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General Information

Longer description:

We meet regularly to discuss the design and running of our community and often just to get together to have fun. Currently we have about 17 member households, including a wide range of professionals.

Now is an exciting time to join the Coup, and still have the opportunity to influence the design and the development itself. Please visit our website to find out more and to register your interest.

Contact Information

Website link:

http://www.urbancoup.org

Email address:

information@urbancoup.org

Physical Details

Setting:

urban

Number of dwellings:

20-30

Community Assets and Features

Shared facilities and features:

guest room(s)

laundry

dining

workshop

renewable energy generation

community gardens or farms

Governing and Financing

Decision-making:

Urban Coup has a well-developed and formalised system for consensus-based decision making.

We have recently developed a quick decision making process. This will be increasingly important as we begin to work with a developer.

Financing Style:

Aside from the joining fee, most member households in the Urban Coup expect to buy a dwelling privately as part of a strata title. This is the usual way for any apartment bought off the plan.

A limited number of units are planned to be set aside as social housing for members of a housing cooperative.

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