Posted in Blog, Events Calendar on May 9th, 2011
As people double up, i.e., move in with others to cut housing expenses, living in close proximity to others can be stressful and difficult. It could be a joyful chapter in your life rather than a spell in hell, however. Developing communication skills and conscious awareness are valuable tools that make a big difference. Laird [...]
Starting from the premise that our single-household orientation–single family, single parent, single person–is not an ideal model for our most vulnerable populations, New Community Vision is promoting alternative housing arrangements such as cooperatives, cohousing, home sharing and even dormitory housing as viable options for consideration. Plan to Crack our Housing Crisis describes this more fully. [...]
That no long term emergency housing exists for people between the ages of 50 and 55 is just one reason why I wrack my brain to come up with alternatives to prevent housing strain from becoming a crisis. The Families & Housing page explains this in broad strokes. Our three primary models—single family homes, single [...]
Posted in Blog on Feb 22nd, 2010
Working in a chilly corporate environment, with clear distinctions between the people that mattered and the people that didn’t, I came down with that dreaded child hood disease: the cooties. Having left my husband, whom I once dearly loved and thought would be my life partner, I entered the social scene as a 50-something. It’s [...]
Posted in Events Calendar on Aug 20th, 2009
Title: Architectural Design Workshops to Create the Physical Community Location: Lutheran School of Theology, 1100 E. 55th St., Chicago Link out: Click here Description: Would you like to help design your living space? A unique characteristic of cohousing is that the residents help to design the community they will live in. We have hired Laura [...]
Posted in Events Calendar on Aug 20th, 2009
Title: Prairie Onion Introduction to Cohousing Location: Ramada Inn Lakeshore Conference Center Link out: Click here Description: Laura Fitch of Kraus-Fitch Architects, one of the most experienced cohousing architects in the US and a 15-year resident of Pioneer Valley Cohousing in Amherst, MA, will present an Introduction to Cohousing to kick off the weekend architectural [...]
Posted in Blog on Jun 11th, 2009
What that means is that you have contact with many, many more people, but each of those relationships takes up a little bit less of your life. That fragmentation of the social world creates a lot of loneliness.