Collaborative Living at Narara (CLaN)

CLaN Resource Page (Public Access) - This Page is Under Development... 

This site contains links to Narara Ecovillage resources and to collaborative living and co-housing information previously shared through the CLaN Slack site of Narara Ecovillage Friends.

Please note that some materials on this site are copyright.

The Narara Ecovillage does not endorse any particular model or business listed on this site but is simply providing these links for your interest.

To find out more about Collaborative Living at Narara (CLaN) or to join their Slack group please contact... (who is the contact? which email should I include?)

Narara Ecovillage Resources

• Frequently Asked Questions
• NEV Building & Landscape Standards
• Creative financing - Deb and Vanessa (video, August 2020)
• Small and tiny equals affordable living- Jazz and Chris
• Talking about tiny houses with Chris (video, May 2020) 
• NEV Stage 2 flyover (video by Julian, December 2020)

Architectural Designs by Graham Hunt (this material is copyright)

If you'd like to use any of the following plans for a full build application then please contact Graham Hunt at DHW for the copyright:

• Large House Concept 1_060621
• Large House Concept 2_090621 

Co-housing and Collaborative Living

Websites

• Collaborative Housing - building a better life together : web resources created by the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures and packed full of case studies, information about the legal side of things and other resources. 
• Cohousing Australia: promotes collective models of housing, housing diversity, and housing choice. Its mission is to create and expand the sector, network and conditions necessary to make cohousing an option for all interested.
• New Economy Network Australia (NENA) Housing Week 7-11 2021: recorded presentations by practitioners and researchers from dozens of organisations, who came together to discuss social justice and environmental sustainability issues of housing and human settlements in Australia.
• Foundation for Intentional Community: online courses, resources, international directory of communities

Radio, Podcasts, Videos 

• Creating community through co-housing: ABC Radio National’s Blue Print for Living interviewed Chuck Durrett who first coined the term cohousing.  Chuck Durret’s website for The Cohousing Company in Nevada http://www.cohousingco.com/
• Share housing with friends or family later in life: ABC radio program / podcast about sharing accommodation in later life and across generations. 
• The best of both worlds - cohousing's promise: film explores the concept of co-housing as expressed through first-hand observations of residents of four co housing communities in the United States accompanied by observations by architect Charles Durrett, who brought the concept to the US from Denmark.

Books, Articles

• Creating cohousing - building sustainable communities: new cohousing “bible” by Charles Durrett and Kathryn McCamantwith with many new North American case studies, design principles and sustainable design practices. 
• The senior cohousing handbook - 2nd Edition: a community approach to independent living by Charles Durrett
• The future of community housing includes social solutions: community housing can also alleviate social problems, says Nicola Lemon of Hume Community Housing
• We’re the anti-real estate agent: inside Sydney's first built-to-rent apartment complex: in Australia’s rental model dominated almost entirely by mum and dad investors, Liv Indigo is putting power back in the hands of renters
• Eco-homes for all: why the socio-cultural matters in encouraging eco-building: particularly interested in those who collectively self-build homes based on ecological principles and within a small budget – self-build eco-homes often in eco-communities
• Tiny house regulations in Australia - what you need to know (July 2020)
• Life in a tiny house: what's it like and how can it be made better? (Feb 2019, VincentCare)
• Norwegian cohousing project is designed around 'gaining by sharing': early community engagement in the planning and development phases sets this cohousing project apart

Models and related enterprises

• LILAC Co-housing Model: low impact living affordable community
• The Sun Villages Model:  mixes those with money to invest (including super funds) with residents with capital to bring and allows for all to co-own their home, no matter their financial situation
• The Australian Community Land Trust Manual by Louise Crabtree et al (2013)
• Community Led Homes (UK): types of community led housing, land trust model and more
• Can't Buy Property? a new and revolutionary model of housing: by Stina Kerans
• Property Collectives: a citizen-led housing model for building homes at cost
• PodProperty: specialises in co-ownership agreements for people who buy property together as tenants in common
• Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) - ecovillage design cards and map of regeneration

Some Australian examples

• NewCoh: sustainable neighbourhood underway in inner Newcastle (NSW( of architect designed apartments and townhouses with community facilities and gardens that you co-own. Members handbook contains list of resources and links on last page.
• Christie Walk: an inspiring multi-residential infill development on the edge of the Adelaide CBD, accommodating 27 dwellings and approximately 40 residents on a 2,000m2 lot. Dwelling types include apartments, town house and detached cottages.
• Chrysalis Co-Housing:  project in the Sunshine Coast