Tiny House Lifestyle Podcast How Cohousing can Help Solve Affordable Housing and Homelessness
What is cohousing? Charles Durrett, who literally coined the phrase, explains what cohousing is, how it’s funded, and how the communities are set up. We also discuss how tiny house cohousing communities are a solution to homelessness and how any concerned citizen can use the cohousing model to solve the issue of homelessness in their own area.
Full show notes and images at thetinyhouse.net/228
In This Episode:
- What is a cohousing community?
- Benefits of cohousing
- The magic number: why 50 is the ideal community population
- Challenges of maintaining affordability
- Tiny houses and homelessness
- How to get started planning your cohousing community
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