The last nails are being hammered in. Fresh paint still clings to the damp air. In Port Townsend, Washington, residents of the newly-built Quimper Village Senior Cohousing eagerly await moving into the neighborhood that they co-designed. The neighborhood that not only symbolizes their desire to take an active role in their aging scenario, but also... Read More

I love blogs and blogging. Blogs are supposed to be personal and unique. A blog post can be anything from a meeting announcement to a thought piece on “why is it raining again and what to do about it.” Being a writer helps but every group must have some writers. If you don’t, find some.... Read More

Ann Zabaldo started this conversation on the cohousing-l email discussion group, and Katie McCamant added comments: …in the end … it’s all about sales. You can be ultra green, you can be super affordable, you can be cool, cool techy, you can have all kinds of bells and whistles but in the end … if... Read More

Note: Durham Central Park Cohousing is a single condo building in downtown Durham. While we do not restrict ourselves to adults or seniors, our current residents are all baby boomers or older. The question of whether and how to recruit families was a recent discussion. Faced with the question of what our future coho population... Read More

Is it that time of year again? After its incredible debut last year, National Cohousing Open House Day is back, better than ever, this year on Saturday, April 29. We’re again joining several other places where you’ll find “cohousing clusters” in doing regional organizing, so people can visit several communities and make the most of... Read More

Plans are underway for our 2nd annual National Cohousing Open House Day, the last Saturday in April. Such synergy we created last year – as a national movement, within our network of area communities, and within our individual communities! We enjoyed participation from 95 communities across the country who opened their doors and welcomed the... Read More

David Brooks writes in the NY Times (Jan 6) that buying a home is the most difficult decision in life. We don’t choose a house so much as fall in love with it, he writes, and although we may envision a home with exotic things in which we will host large gatherings, most folks really... Read More

Placitas Sage Cohousing, located just north of Albuquerque, in Placitas New Mexico, is so excited to welcome our “FarAway” members for an In-Gathering over the Thanksgiving holidays. Since we are still in the process of getting our land re-zoned and have not yet been able to start building our homes, we are focused on building... Read More

Last month on Cohousing-L, a timely topic was sparked by the sharing of Courtney Martin’s excellent New York Times article mentioning cohousing, Modern Housing with Village Virtues. How do cohousers get journalists to care about the topic? To really put in the research and get the facts right? To ensure the human element is carried... Read More