In lockdown people see the appeal of housemates In march, when Britain went into lockdown for the first time, Andrew Davidson, a 69-year-old retiree who lives alone, was in the middle of renovating his house in the...

After a few months of quarantine, my friends started talking about communes. "If we lived on a commune, we'd be together instead of on our computers," one said on Zoom. "Wouldn't it be fun to have a compound?" asked...

Communities Magazine, Number 188 • Fall 2020 Since the onset of COVID-19, intentional communities all around the world have been asking themselves: Should we scale up or scale down during this pandemic? Unsurprisingly,...

A residential developer is creating a pioneering co-housing scheme for elderly LGBT+ people that will be the first of its kind in the UK. Recognising the specific needs of an ageing LGBT+ population, house-builder L&Q...

New research shows how intentional communities have responded to the coronavirus crisis. With people’s lives upended across the globe, we can’t help but wonder, how would we have responded to the coronavirus crisis if...

This is not in any way intended to be a definitive statement - more a pointer to some of the more significant developments in the theory and practice of community. 6th Century BCE : Pythagoras founds Homakoeion, a...

YELLOW BUILDING - William Wright Photography; BLUE BUILDING - Courtesy Starcity https://parade.com/690685/paulaspencer/how-america-lives-creative-housing-options-for-boomers-veterans-millennials-and-more/ When was the...

Are America’s Intentional Communities Financially Sustainable? http://www.cheatsheet.com May 23, 2015 Utopian communities in America go back to the 19th century , though most people first think of the communes that...

Rather than settling down in traditional assisted living facilities, some are turning to shared homes and cohousing communities. Building your retirement community while you're still young allows you to develop...

Nikki Burch IN THE COHOUSE 12 Sep 2014 Matthew Oswald’s house in the outskirts of Seattle’s Capitol Hill harbors a peculiar breed of chaos. “Everyday there’s something new,” Oswald says. “It’s like a sitcom.” Just...

Entrepreneur Craig Issod, a former member of Gaskin's Farm, says today's online communities owe a debt of gratitude to the hippie communes of the 60s and 70s. (Mary Serreze Photo) By Mary Serreze | Special to The...

Marlon Linnemann (middle) rents in a shared-living space so he can be near his son. More people in their 30s and older are living communally. (Julius Schrank/www.juliusschrank.de) When Marlon Linnemann split from his...