Name of the Social Innovation: Cohousing
Founder/Initiator/Leader/Developer of the
Innovation: Jan Gudmand Høyer
For more information: http://www.cohousing.org.uk
Project Summary
A
cohousing community is a type of intentional community composed of private
homes supplemented by shared facilities. The community is planned, owned and
managed by the residents – who also share activities which may include cooking,
dining, child care, gardening, and governance of the community. Common
facilities may include a kitchen, dining room, laundry, child care facilities,
offices, internet access, guest rooms, and recreational features. Cohousing
facilitates interaction among neighbors for social and practical benefits,
economic and environmental benefits. In describing New York City's first
co-housing project, a New York Times article said co-housing "speaks to
people who want to own an apartment but not feel shut off by it, lost in an
impersonal city.
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