Co-op Leader Conversation: Liz Thomas, Managing Director Common Equity Housing Ltd

19/11/2025 43 min Episodio 17
Co-op Leader Conversation: Liz Thomas, Managing Director Common Equity Housing Ltd

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Episode Synopsis

What New Zealand could learn from Australia’s housing co-ops. Australia’s CEHL proves housing co-ops can scale: a specialist owner (CEHL) holds the assets; local co-ops govern and manage; rents sit around social-housing affordability settings; and registration gives lenders comfort. New Zealand’s blockers are known - no dedicated tenure, immature lender products, and land access -so the question isn’t if housing co-ops work, but when we’ll let them. Liz Thomas walks us through the playbook.

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