- Stucco Co-operative
STUCCO Housing Co-operative is the first and only student
housing co-operative inAustralia , although other types ofhousing co-operative s are relatively common there. STUCCO reflects theleft-wing principles of Stucco's founders.History
Originally an abandoned and
squat ted warehouse, a consortium of interested parties persuaded theUniversity of Sydney and theNew South Wales Office of Community Housing (OCH) to purchase the property and allow its redevelopment into housing as it is today. This is a completely unique arrangement. In return, STUCCO must house only students of the University of Sydney, and is located at 197 Wilson St,Newtown, New South Wales . Its name is a contraction of "Student Co-operative" – there is nostucco in the building.While, for example in the
United States , housing co-operatives are a common type of student housing, in its context, STUCCO represents a radical experiment. It is indeed much more radical than most American student housing co-ops, in that no functions of the co-operative management are outsourced, all administration and decisions being made on aconsensus basis by residents. This reflects two-thirds of those students must be within the income threshold to qualify for community housing. Stucco opened its doors in1991 .External links
* [http://www.stucco.soc.usyd.edu.au Official website]
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