Collective action and collective ownership is marginalized and rarely utilized in c\a\n\a\d\a’s private, profit driven housing system. And even when they are deployed, they are often done so in isolation, unrealizing the synergistic benefits that they can provide in unison. The result is the unrivalled dominance of speculative housing that is at once unaffordable and socially isolating. Co-operative housing, cohousing, and co-living are all, in varying ways, vital in the fight against housing alienation.