Welcome to the birth of Cohouseholding (cooperative householding)

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Christian Science Monitor features two Cohouseholds

NBC's Today Show features Cohouseholding
My House Our House

What is cohouseholding?

Cohouseholding: shared housing that works
Cohouseholding makes it easier for unrelated people to create and operate shared households that work. The term "Cohousehold" refers both to the people who share space and to the dwelling being shared. This new model is being carefully crafted by its advocates to help people create sustainable shared households - ones that work well economically, as well as socially, for people at different life stages.

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Cohouseholding and cohousing
Are they different?

Yes...
  • Cohouseholding is unrelated people sharing a single dwelling
  • Cohousing is multiple households, each in a private home - a small neighborhood
Some cohousing neighborhoods have one or more cohouseholds. See Cohousing.org to learn more about cohousing communities.

Cohousing is of particular interest to the Cohouseholding Project because of its value as a replicable model and the well-honed, time-tested process and structures they've developed for their creation and operations.

Shared household data

The United States has about 22 million shared households; four million of those contain at least two unrelated adults. Many of these shared living situations develop with little planning beyond how costs will be covered.

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Who is creating the Cohouseholding model?

The Cohouseholding Project involves many people with expertise and/or experience living in shared households. It includes residents of the shared households we've visited, the people we've interviewed, the advisory board, and the project team. Our many contributors bring a wealth of information, experience, knowledge, and wisdom to the project.

The Cohouseholding Project is the first endeavor of Living Well Together, a new social venture which combines for-profit and non-profit interests.
Revised: 3/22/14