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What is cohousing?

Cohousing is about being part of a pocket neighbourhood with a focus on community life & ecological sustainability with some great neighbours thrown in. The establishment of a cohousing community is a process by which a group of people work together to create and maintain their own intentionally designed neighbourhood.

In the words of cohousing pioneers Charles Durrett and Kathryn McCamant, cohousing makes people's lives more connected, more economical, more convenient, more ecologically sustainable, more healthy and more fun.

Key features of a cohousing community include*

Participatory Process: the future residents participate in the planning and design of the building and the establishment of their governance policies and procedures. Residents are committed to collaboration and living in community.
Co-Development Process: the future residents establish a strong working relationship with the design team, financiers, and construction team.
Intentional Neighbourhood Design: the physical design purposefully encourages sociability that welcomes all age groups, is disability friendly and embraces diversity.
Extensive Common Facilities: common areas are designed for daily use and supplement private living areas.
Complete Resident Management: the residents manage the decisions of common concern at regular community meetings.
Optimum Community Size: 15 - 35 dwellings accommodating a full variety of age groups and household configurations, particularly families with children.
Purposeful Separation of Cars: for the safety of children and seniors and to promote neighbourly interaction, car parking is located away from the private residences.
Meals: regular community meals are the lifeblood of a highly social cohousing community.

*Adapted with gratitude from The Cohousing Handbook: Building a Place for Community, by Chris Hanson. Hartley and Marks, 1996.

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