As life spans lengthen and retirement evolves, many older adults are finding new and different approaches to housing ...

The concept of cohousing invariably conjures up images of hippie communes from a bygone era. While some of the core values between the two have some similarities, today's cohousing environments are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a wildfire and freak ice storm made me face my eco-anxiety head on, I set out to see if community-forward co-living might ...

Explore the topic of aging in America through in-depth stories, data and interactive content at governing.com/generations. Several years ago, Steve Pretl of Potomac ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link When construction finished on a new apartment building on our block, one of my neighbor's kids asked when we were going to meet the people who had ...

I bought a four-unit apartment building with another single mom to help us share costs. It's brought us optimism, community, and cost savings. While cohousing is great, it hasn't solved a lot of the ...

For generations, aging in America followed a relatively predictable path. Older adults either remained in the family home, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Cohousing communities are gaining popularity across the country, including right here in Music City. Diana Sullivan gave our sister station in Nashville a tour of her ...

One of the major questions of growing older is “Where do I want to live as I age?” For many baby boomers, an important goal is staying independent as long as possible. Many in this generation desire ...

As a kid growing up in the busy beehive of a large apartment complex on the north side of Chicago during the '50s, Joan Lichterman got used to having a lot of people in her life: She and her friends ...

Children play in the common area at Southside Co-Housing Community on Oct. 13, 2013, in Sacramento. Randy Pench Sacramento Bee file In an era in which most people know – at most – just a few of their ...