Tag: Sharing

The Edge of Intentional

Submitted by Karen Gimnig on June 22, 2019

In the spectrum of intentional community, cohousing hangs out on the mainstream edge. We have our own homes. We don’t share income. Most of us have traditional mortgages as a way of accumulating wealth. Compared with the most interdependent communities out there, most cohousing looks fairly conventional, but I wonder if we are inching along... Read More

Generating Necessity

Submitted by Karen Gimnig on January 3, 2019

This morning a friend brought my son home from a birthday party. Her sons had also attended the party and our house was on their way home, so bringing them all home together significantly reduced the carbon emissions. In other words, it was a good move for sustainability which we all value. But that isn’t... Read

Cohousing Costs Exactly the Same as “Regular” Housing

Submitted by Philip Dowds, Cornerstone Village Cohousing (Cambridge, MA) on August 22, 2016

Philip Dowds is responding to a coho-l inquiry: is cohousing really a lot more expensive than a similar but bigger house in a somewhat equivalent middle or slightly upper-middle class neighborhood? I always look at this one differently: Cohousing costs exactly the same as “regular” housing. Turn the question around: How much housing can we... Read More