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.

Building Smarter for Long Term Gains

Community founders forging new paths for affordability

As we encourage more people to consider living in cohousing, we love to emphasize the benefits. They include supportive neighbors, less space needed due to more sharing, and better ways to get our aging-in-community needs met in senior or intergenerational communities. However, an oft-heard challenge when spreading the word is that it is “not affordable.” Our movement’s reliance on creating market-rate housing is part of what helps our communities get built and financed. It also provides an easy exit when someone wants or needs to move ⎯ they can sell their home and afford another home of similar size in a given housing market. But that doesn’t help someone who can’t afford to get in the door, and rental options in most U.S. cohousing neighborhoods are limited. Given the dramatic increases in housing prices across the country (and the growing disparity in incomes), many have come to see cohousing as part of the problem. They see it as linked to a system that creates financial barriers for someone who isn’t already a homeowner or who didn’t luck out with a home purchase long ago.

Having input in community design

From Tots to Teens: Families Thrive at Cohousing ABQ

Like many of us, I cracked in 2020. Trapped home alone with a one- and four-year-old, and all the worries of the world. But this cracking led to a kind of waking up…

Senior Community finds ways to foster wellness

Why Some Americans Are Looking to Greece for Their Next Cohousing Home

As housing costs soar and political uncertainty lingers, more Americans are turning to cohousing abroad, not just for adventure travel, but for the support of community when migrating. For a growing number, Greece is calling. And for some, cohousing may be the key to making a move abroad possible.

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.

Interested in contributing? Register as a user on the site and email [email protected] to request author access.