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Faced with increased housing inequalities worldwide, calls are emerging for housing models that are non- speculative and resident-led. ‘Decommodified’ housing - such as co-operative rental and limited equity ownership - is seen as a pathway for a more caring and just urban future, in contrast to global crises of housing security and affordability. Such housing models aim to transform economic, social, and political relations by transforming the role of housing in wealth inequalities, and by outlining paradigm changes in shared living and housing governance. To date, international scholarship on decommodified models has focused on countries with historically strong housing welfare, neglecting practices in ‘familistic’ housing regimes, such as Southern Europe. The EnactDECOM project will challenge the academic paradigm of the cultural and economic inevitability of individual home ownership by learning from neglected innovations in housing enacted by historical and new (