How rural landsharing and co-housing are helping Australians enter the property market and find community

 When Lexie Gonzalez was growing up in public housing, she believed that she would never own a home. 

"It wasn't a value instilled in me that I could own my own house," she says.

Her partner Mark Doonan feels the same: "All I've ever done is rent," he says.

The couple is talking in the Kempsey region, about an hour north of Port Macquarie, with the sound of birds chirping in the background.

Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-31/rural-landsharing-and-cohousing-australian-property-market/101457812



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