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Cohousing communities are old-fashioned neighborhoods created with a little ingenuity. They bring together the value of private homes with the benefits of more sustainable living. That means common facilities and good connections with neighbors. All in all, they stand as innovative answers to today's environmental and social problems. Learn more >

In the News

Arizona Daily Star (AZ) - 12/26/09

A deaf teen, living in a Tucson cohousing community, was recently awarded a Ben's Bell for acts of intentional kindness.

triplepundit (Online) - 12/22/09

Could Microhoods be a new form of urban cohousing?

Vimeo (Online) - 12/20/09

Watch this amazing time lapse video to see the members of Winslow Cohousing gather together to make a gingerbread version of their community.

Silver Planet (Blog) - 12/14/09

Read this close look at senior and intergenerational cohousing, and learn more about what it is like to live in cohousing in general.

The Green Changemakers (Blog) - 12/14/09

Janelle Orsi, co-author of The Sharing Solution, shares her Slow Homes Manifesto, which describes a new way to look at housing, which co-housing already encompasses.

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