Sustainable urban development experts increasingly point to cohousing as a solution to the housing crisis. If governments are on board, it can work.
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Successful housing projects for people living with disabilities have inviting communal spaces, private individual dwellings, commercial opportunities for residents and on-site support.
Coronavirus has disproportionately impacted the most vulnerable seniors. We need socially innovative solutions to redesign long-term care and help seniors age safely and with dignity.
Naturally occurring retirement communities, or NORCs, are unplanned communities that have a high proportion of older residents. They may be critical to finding housing solutions for aging Canadians.
Communal living: enabling people to strive for a better, more sustainable lifestyle.
How many of us have recently wished we could partition parts of our home, even to have a small second house? Being able to do this on existing blocks would help meet the many needs of families today.
More older Australians are carrying housing debt later in life, or not owning homes at all, but lack suitable alternatives to the family home. The result is lower incomes in retirement.
While a majority of householders over 55 have thought about downsizing, only one in four have done it. What’s stopping them? Most simply can’t find a home in the right place that meets their needs.
The baby boomers aren’t going to do anything like their elders, and looking for different housing arrangements is yet another example.
The housing aspirations of young Australians change as they enter their late 20s and early 30s. But having somewhere safe and secure to call home is the top priority for all young adults.
Parents and children rarely put agreements about granny flats in writing and almost never consult a lawyer. But when these arrangements go wrong, the consequences can be disastrous and costly for all.
Smart cities need places for people to engage in meaningful ways, and cohousing is one model of smart citizen development.
People living with the change and uncertainty of this century need flexible and adaptable housing. Here we look at a couple of examples of what’s possible.
Living together with separate homes can bring a new community spirit to your life.
City residents all around the world are getting together to create housing tailored to their needs and budgets, instead of being developed for maximum profit.
Durban one of South Africa’s third largest cities, by population has reported that the number of people living in informal dwellings has remained stubbornly high.
City dwellers are individually starting to do their bit to live sustainably. Now pioneering businesses are aiming to make ecological and social sustainability part of their bottom line.
Older Australians are keenly aware of the housing challenges they face, but most are wary of co-housing due to the negative associations of shared living spaces.
Great Get Togethers are being held to mark the anniversary of the Labour MP’s death.
While some forms of co-living seek to match modern lifestyles and a desire to downsize, other profit-driven models simply exploit a lack of affordable housing alternatives.
Top contributors
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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor; School of Economics, Finance and Property, and Director, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Curtin Research Centre, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Professor of Sustainability Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Chair in Sustainable Enterprise, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Research Fellow at Sustainable Building Research Centre, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor in Learning Environments, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, and Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Innovation Fellow and Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Economic Geography, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Dean, Perimeter College & Professor, Social Work, Georgia State University
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Lecturer, Monash University, Monash University
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Research Principal (Business and Sustainability), University of Technology Sydney
