Diane Haley

Why I'm interested:

After several long and short term communal living experiences throughout my life, there are many things I value about this way of living. Keeping units small and sharing resources offer many benefits, including a minimized footprint, greater social interaction, and quality of life for everyone. This should also, ideally, improve affordability.

Other information:

Why senior co-housing specifically? It's a time of life with a focus that's quite different from families with young children. Personally I wish to share the experience with others who have some understanding of it and have the time to share in activities with co-residents as well as the greater community, including political activism, volunteering, hiking, biking, walking, etc. maybe even traveling! I know of models that reserve a percent of their units for multi-generational use and would certainly be open to that possibility.