OUR TEAM |
Carla Raynes
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Beris Campbell OAM
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Dr Meg Montague
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Heather Mckee OAM
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ABOUT
What is Home Share Melbourne?
Homesharing has been a successful way of building connection and community since the early 1970s. It originated in the US and now operates in 18 countries. Homesharing differs from a typical roommate situation because, at its core, it is about two people helping each other. In the traditional model of homesharing, a person offers a room to a live-in flatmate, in exchange for help around the house and companionship. Every homesharing arrangement is unique depending on the needs, time, interests and abilities of the people involved.
Home Share Melbourne operates this traditional model as well as a variation, where Home Share Melbourne finds both an affordable housing option and a supportive flatmate, for a person living with a disability, someone seeking asylum or a young person at risk of homelessness. This creates more flexibility in where people can choose to live and in the costs and contributions for each person in the homesharing arrangement.
Homesharing benefits our whole community by increasing the availability of affordable housing, reducing loneliness, bringing people together who might not otherwise have met and providing a supportive environment for people to thrive and make connections with others.
Home Share Melbourne operates this traditional model as well as a variation, where Home Share Melbourne finds both an affordable housing option and a supportive flatmate, for a person living with a disability, someone seeking asylum or a young person at risk of homelessness. This creates more flexibility in where people can choose to live and in the costs and contributions for each person in the homesharing arrangement.
Homesharing benefits our whole community by increasing the availability of affordable housing, reducing loneliness, bringing people together who might not otherwise have met and providing a supportive environment for people to thrive and make connections with others.
Acknowledgements
Home Share Melbourne’s work is currently being supported by Victorian Women’s Benevolent Trust, Payton Foundation, individual donors and Flatmates.com.au. Previous supporters include the Jack Brockhoff Foundation, the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Fund and the City of Port Phillip
Who are we?
Homeshare Australia and New Zealand Alliance (HANZA)
Home Share Melbourne is run by HANZA, a not-for-profit organisation. Established in 2006, HANZA is increasing the number of lifestyle choices for youth, disabled and older people. Driven by volunteers, it is a collaborative partnership between existing homeshare providers and those interested in starting homeshare programs across Australia and New Zealand.
MEDIA
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Watch Ricky's story from SBS insight |
IN THE NEWS
'It makes my life bigger': The win-win of Ricky and Josh's homesharing arrangement. |
An antidote to lonelinessThe Big Issue
3 December 2018 The Christmas 2018 edition of The Big Issue includes an in-depth feature about Homeshare and the new Home Share Melbourne program. The piece examines two successful, but quite different, Homeshare matches: householder Philomena, who’s in her seventies, and her 20-year-old homesharer Rakesh, a student from Malaysia, and also 89-year-old Cecilia and her 61-year-old homesharer Jean. It’s fascinating to read about all four participants’ varying experiences of Homeshare - Jean is Cecilia’s first homesharer, but Philomena has had three different homesharers over the years, forming strong friendships with each of them. Both Jean and Rakesh discuss how Melbourne’s expensive rental market would make it impossible for them to stay in the city were it not for Homeshare: a great example of mutual benefit for both householder and homesharer! Read more |
CONTACT
If you would like to join the program or just want more information, we’re happy help.
Get in touch via:
homeshare.melbourne@homeshare.org.au
Get in touch via:
homeshare.melbourne@homeshare.org.au