The re-emergence of self-managed co-housing in Europe: A critical review of co-housing research

[Heidi M. Berggren (hberggren]

This is great, Betsy, thanks.

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On Sep 2, 2017, at 12:41 PM, Betsy Morris <Betsy [at] kali.com> wrote:

The re-emergence of self-managed co-housing in Europe: A critical review of co-housing research

Lidewij Tummers

First Published May 22, 2015 Research Article

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0042098015586696

Abstract

This article reviews a decade of co-housing studies and publications, to identify major themes and research gaps. Generally, co-housing is seen as a promising model for urban development, and most empirical case studies report active and diverse communities, creating and maintaining affordable living environments. However, numbers are small and there is as yet no quantitative evidence to substantiate the claims. Nevertheless, important lessons can be drawn from co-housing as an integrated practice to meet today’s societal and environmental challenges. Rather than its utopian ambitions, the frictions with current institutional frameworks point the way to transform these into more adequate agents of development.

 Nice addition for our bibliography. 

There's some really interesting other work coming out of the new "Collaborative Housing" forum of the European Housing Research Network .   Unlike the US, several countries are funding inquiries into cohousing, cooperatives, communes. 

 Sigh. We can dream! 

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Betsy Morris 

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