Community Blog

The National Cohousing Alliance welcomes blog posts from anyone in the cohousing movement.

This is an open space to share ideas and experiences.

National Cohousing Month: another summit and open houses

Following on the heels of the November cohousing summit in Sacramento, Calif., and in alignment with our new strategic plan, CohoUS has organized another summit this May in Seattle, Wash.

A framework for mutual support

When PDX Commons, the senior cohousing community in Portland OR, opened almost nine years ago, the average age of our residents was about 65.

Closing the Loneliness Gap: Practical Tech for Aging Adults

This article was originally published in the Winter 2025 issue of Communities magazine. Primer on technology and aging: Based on my perceptions of technology when I was kid, by the 21st century, I expected every family to drive flying cars and have a robotic housekeeper like Rosie on the 1960s TV show The Jetsons. Rosie prepared meals, babysat young Elroy, and offered dating advice to teenager Judy.

Promoting Community Through Activism and Cohousing

Before coming to Albuquerque, I was a paid community organizer with the IAF (Industrial Areas Foundation)— which has a misleadingly boring name for an organization that is miraculously stitching back together the tatters of our democratic culture in cities across the U.S.

A Commitment to aging well

The following article was written by Larry Beresford, a member of the Phoenix Commons (senior cohousing in Oakland, Calif.) Wellness Team. It was previously published on the Next Avenue website in March 2025. Next Avenue is a nonprofit, digital

Finding Our Village: Why We Chose to Build Community at Sunnyside Village Cohousing

If you had asked us ten years ago whether we’d someday join a forming cohousing community — one that wouldn’t be move-in ready until 2027 — we probably would have laughed. Life already felt full: careers, kids, logistics, exhaustion. Adding anything else seemed unrealistic. And yet, here we are, members of Sunnyside Village Cohousing, feeling more grounded, hopeful, and connected than we have in a long time.

Cohousing & Beyond summit hits the spot

Polestar Village: Spirit, Community and Lifelong Learning

As some of you know, Polestar’s 15 years in Hawaii ended dramatically in 2018 with the eruption of the Kilauea Volcano. With our lava insurance check in hand, we set out to find a new campus for our non-profit dedicated to “Spirit, Community and Lifelong Learning”. After several years of looking far and wide, we landed in Fort Collins, CO., purchased 20 acres with mixed use zoning and just recently, after 4 solid years of planning, fundraising, and endless iterations of documents submitted to city officials, have received final approval to begin construction. We are still fundraising, pre-selling lots and taking reservations and we hope and expect to break ground in early 2026.

What a difference a year makes

Birthing a cohousing community is a long, multi-year process. It took us 7 years to move from the start of development of Heartwood Commons – Tulsa to moving into our homes in the late summer of 2024. What a difference a year makes!

Can I Blog Here?

The National Cohousing Alliance welcomes blog posts from across the cohousing movement. This is a space to share ideas, stories, and experiences related to creating, living in, and supporting cohousing.

Posts should be informational or reflective in nature and may include links to a personal or organizational website. Promotional posts for paid events, courses, or services are not permitted (with the exception of National Cohousing Alliance events). Businesses and organizations wishing to promote offerings may do so through a paid classified listing.

Blog posts should be clearly written and thoughtfully titled. Our team may request minor edits to ensure clarity and consistency with the quality of the website.

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