- British-Columbia
- 10 min.
- Jen Muranetz
- Hazel Bell-Koski, Melissa De Genova, Scott East, Alyse Gabriel, Matt George, Pulxaneeks Grant, Sadhu Johnston, Erik Karklins, Geoff Meggs, Dana Mowat, Dylan Ohep, Makiah Ohep, Tito Ohep, Erik Paulsson, Juniper Quin, Gregor Robertson, Rahul Sethi, Elisabeth
- POV
BETTER TOGETHER is a short documentary that delves into Vancouver’s collective housing subculture by vignetting several collective houses and documenting the political movement unfolding around this alternative way of living.
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Logline
Inside Vancouver's collective housing culture.
Synopsis
Vancouver has been crowned the loneliest and most unaffordable city in Canada. While many Vancouverites struggle with these issues, a growing number of people are turning to collective living. Coliving has been around for generations, but it's recently been reinvigorated by the popularized sharing economy. In this housing model, residents share living space, interests and common values. BETTER TOGETHER delves into this subculture by vignetting some of Vancouver’s most established collective houses - from a mansion, to a multigenerational home. We'll discover how this lifestyle is a community-minded solution to Vancouver’s loneliness epidemic and inflated housing market.
Links
Facebook PageVancouver Collective Housing Network Facebook page
An article on collective mansions in Vancouver
Documentary
Adults
10 minutes
$10,000
Interview Roster
Collective Mansion
Vacant estates are being scooped up by the collective housing community and transformed into collective mansions. Housemates will use these large spaces to host events, workshops and community gatherings. We'll learn more out this luxurious lifestyle by visiting one of these mansions.
Multigenerational Collective
Collective living is not only for Millennials - families and seniors live this way, too. We'll visit a multigenerational collective to find out why coliving appeals to a range of ages.
Various Collective Houses
We'll visit a select group of collective houses, including 'The Lounge'. This seven person collective was co-founded by BETTER TOGETHER director, Jen Muranetz, on the philosophy of sharing food and living in the gift economy.
Vancouver City Councillor
Vancouver has a bylaw that restricts more than five unrelated adults from living in one dwelling. Vancouver city councillor, Geoff Meggs, sits on the Mayor’s Task Force on Housing Affordability. We’ll interview Councillor Meggs about this limiting bylaw and find out if collective housing has a place in city’s housing strategy.
