Secure renting by living collectively? A relational exploration of home and homemaking in rental housing cooperatives
Nestor Agustin Guity-Zapata,
Wendy M. Stone,
Christian A. Nygaard
Abstract:In many countries, rental housing is associated with insecure occupant rights and limited control for residents and homeownership is linked with ontological security. In the literature on homemaking, ontological security comprises a set of attributes, i.e., secure occupancy, autonomy and control, but these are often bundled, or treated jointly. In this paper we draw on the lived experiences of residents in Rental Housing Cooperatives (RHC) in Honduras and Australia, and ask how the experience of ontological se… Show more
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