The Homey community
A home can support the body. A community supports the life around it — people who know one another, share what they have, contribute what they do well, and show up when it matters.
An old human idea
Human beings survived and progressed through cooperation. People gathered in groups, shared food and shelter, cared for children and older people, passed on knowledge, and divided work according to skill and circumstance. The roles changed across cultures; the principle endured: one person did not need to be good at everything when the group could be good at many things.
Modern life has made us more self-sufficient in some ways and more separated in others. It is possible to live metres from someone for years without knowing their name. Homey is creating the conditions for connection to return — not as nostalgia, but as useful social infrastructure around the most basic human needs: water, food, shelter, safety, belonging and care.
Two connected circles
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The private inner community for people who live in a Homey-collaborated home. Moving into a Homey home is what opens the Circle: neighbours and residents connected by a shared experience of the Homey Standard.
The Resident Circle creates closer relationships through regular gatherings, introductions and resident-led groups. It is smaller by design, so trust can grow over time.
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The broader community: everyone in the Resident Circle, together with members of the Homey Life App. It connects residents with people who share the same interest in health, home, food and considered living.
Practitioners, growers, makers and local partners can contribute their strengths through the services and experiences around the Collective, while membership remains centred on residents and app users.
One street, connected
Imagine a street where people know how to reach one another. A household with a fruit tree can share its harvest. A neighbour with tools can help with a repair. Someone cooking can make an extra portion. Parents can meet at the park. Older residents can ask for a hand without feeling they are asking a stranger.
When something feels wrong, connected neighbours can check in, share useful information and call the right support sooner. Research on neighbourhood “collective efficacy” — mutual trust and a shared willingness to act for the common good — has associated stronger local cohesion with lower violence and disorder. This idea comes from landmark neighbourhood research published in Science. It complements, rather than replaces, trained security and emergency services.
The aim is not obligation. It is familiarity: enough connection that offering help, sharing knowledge or simply noticing one another becomes normal again.
Life within the Circle
Monthly or bi-monthly Resident Circle gatherings could begin at the launch of a new Homey home, continue over a simple afternoon in the park, and grow into clubs shaped by the people who attend. Homey creates the introduction; residents decide what becomes useful and lasting.
Park gatherings, shared play, family meals and practical support — including movement sessions where children remain close and cared for.
A trusted forum for introductions, advice, mentoring, local collaboration and helping one another solve real business problems.
Daytime gatherings, walking, shared meals, technology help, transport connections and a stronger everyday network nearby.
Resident-created running, cycling, swimming, walking, yoga and recovery groups, organised around local interests and ability levels.
Produce swaps, garden knowledge, shared tables, cooking groups and direct relationships with Food by Homey growers and chefs.
Age-appropriate gatherings, creative activities, sport and safe opportunities to know more people in their local community.
Book circles, workshops, making, music and conversations led by members who want to share a skill or learn one.
Practical ways to help a household through illness, a new baby, bereavement or another demanding season of life.
1 in 6
people worldwide experience loneliness, according to the World Health Organization’s 2025 global report.
World Health Organization2001–21
Social contact declined across Australian age groups over these two decades, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
AIHW reportHealth
Large reviews consistently associate stronger social relationships with better survival. The evidence is observational, but the pattern is substantial and repeated.
PLOS Medicine reviewAs the community grows
As the Resident Circle and Homey Collective grow, dedicated community leaders can coordinate the calendar, welcome new members, make thoughtful introductions and help member-led groups get started.
Their role is not to manufacture connection. It is to remove the friction around it: finding a time, locating a place, connecting people with a shared interest, and making sure different ages, abilities and life stages have a genuine way to participate.
Your way in
Join the Homey Collective through the Homey Life App. The Resident Circle is reserved for people living in a Homey-collaborated home.
