Flexible Living & Mixed-Tenure Models

As European municipalities increasingly regulate short-term rental platforms to protect local housing markets, the demand for sustainable, flexible accommodation has never been more pressing. Mixed-tenure models offer a community-focused alternative, seamlessly blending long-term residencies with mid-term stays of three to twelve months. This approach caters to the genuine mobility needs of citizens navigating life transitions, whether they are undertaking a university exchange, completing a professional secondment, or adapting to changing family and care responsibilities. Rather than treating temporary housing as an extractive commodity, these models integrate transient residents into established neighbourhoods. By developing frameworks that facilitate coop-to-coop exchanges, members can move between cities while remaining within a cooperative structure, ensuring that flexibility does not compromise affordability or social cohesion.

Below, you will find a curated selection of resources, projects, and events exploring how these blended tenures operate in practice. The collections highlight initiatives developing the digital infrastructure required to make cross-coop access seamless, alongside practical case studies of cooperatives successfully filling the gap between hotel stays and traditional twelve-month tenancies. You can explore organisations pioneering exchange programmes and discover how various networks are actively reducing pressure on local housing markets by providing viable alternatives to conventional short-term rentals. Browse the materials to understand how cooperative housing can adapt to modern mobility needs and support Europeans through every stage of life.