Retirement Communities Lure Boomers

Wall Street Journal

Modern Housing with Village Virtues

The New York Times

Cohousing, Is it for You?

Sacramento Parent Magazine

2025

McKay, Mariah. “Book Reflection: Creating Cohousing,” The Spovangelist, February 5, 2025

Rethinking Home: How Inclusive Design Fuels Belonging and Connection,” Autism Digest Magazine, February 2025 - April 2025 Issue

What’s New on the Bookshelf?,” Autism Parenting Magazine, February 2025 Issue

Local architect Charles Durrett presents latest book to President of Iceland,” The Union, January 16, 2025

2024

Charles Durrett Launches Unique Book About Neuro-Inclusive Cohousing,” AutismDigest.com, December 4, 2024

Skovlund, Søren. “Review: One Life, Live It!,” Communities Magazine, Winter 2024 Edition

¿Qué es el ‘cohousing?’ Beneficios de vivir en comunidad para la salud mental,” Sana Mente, CNN Chile, July 10, 2024

Bailie, Andrew. “Co-Housing Explained: In Conversation with Charles Durrett,” Here & Now, The Academy of Urbanism, May 1, 2024

Delsol, Christine. “Redefining retirement with unique co-housing communities,” San Francisco Chronicle eEdition, March 24, 2024

Quinton, Hanna. “It Takes A Village: Creating an old-fashioned neighborhood in a new way,” Klipsun Magazine, February 2024

Abrahms, Sally. “’Intentional housing’: Where seniors find affordability, sense of purpose,” Yahoo! Finance, February 25, 2024

Avery, Emma. “How cohousing builds support across generations,” Happy Cities, February 5, 2024

New Ground Cohousing Community wins Bronze World Habitat Award,” World Habitat Awards, February 2024

2023

Reimagining Elderhood,” Self Organized Architecture, Jun 13, 2023

Chaudhuri, Anita. “‘We have brothers, sons, lovers – but they can’t live here!’ The happy home shared by 26 women,” The Commune, The Guardian, August 24, 2023

Village Hearth Cohousing: A Different Kind of Senior Community,” National Cooperative Bank, June 2023

MacCleery, Rachel. “Building Community with Cohousing,” Urban Land, April 28, 2023

Renowned Architect Charles Durrett to Present on Power of Sustainable Community,” East County Magazine, March 2023

2022

White, Rebecca. “Solving homelessness starts with a "lock and an address" says visiting author Charles Durrett,” Spokane Public Radio, NPR, November 5, 2022

Novy, Johannes. “Cohousing is empowering people to fight back against a global housing crisis,” The Conversation, Phys.Org, November 3, 2022

Vestal, Shawn. “Author on homelessness says ‘will’ crucial to solving growing crisis,” The Spokesman-Review, November 2, 2022

Walker, Liana. “How rural landsharing and co-housing are helping Australians enter the property market and find community,” ABC.net.au, October 30, 2022

Hawkes, Colleen. “First home buyers saving hundreds a month in co-housing passive house,” Stuff.co.nz, October 31, 2022

Peña, Larry. “Cohousing the Unhoused,” Cal Poly Magazine, Spring 2022 Issue

Izuhara, West, Hudson, Fernández Arrigoitia, & Scanlon. “Collaborative housing communities through the COVID-19 pandemic: rethinking governance and mutuality,” Housing Studies, May 19, 2022

Madeleine Hebert, Leslie Shieh, and Emma Avery. “Learning from community housing movements: Six principles for building happier homes,” Happy Cities, April 5, 2022

Allen, Catherine. “Cal Poly Grad Says Cohousing Could Help Solve Homelessness. ‘The Era of Excuses is Over’,” SLO Tribune, March 21, 2022

Wilson, Nick. “Cohousing Expert Shares Ways to Help SLO County Homelessness,” The Tribune, March 17, 2022

Geber, Sara Zeff Phd. “Can a Cohousing Model Save the Senior Living Industry from Obsolescence?,” Forbes, March 10, 2022

Ridge-Pitt, Maple. “An Opportunity to Live Differently: Cohousing Community Makes Home Ownership more Affordable and Supportive,” Meadows News, March 7, 2022

Pluhar, Annamarie. “Shared Housing Doesn’t Have to be Scary,” Strong Towns Podcast, February 28, 2022

Charney, Leah. “My Husband and I Bought a 7-Bedroom House and Filled it up With our Community. They Helped us Survive Early Parenthood 2021,” The Insider, February 15, 2022

2021

Waldman, Kim. “Caregiving vs. Being Neighborly,” Sunnyside Village Cohousing, December 29, 2021

Shulevitz, Judith. “Does Co-Housing Provide a Path to Happiness for Modern Parents?,” New York Times, October 22, 2021.

Bower, Esther. “Packed In: ‘It’s just another option of housing’: Families get ready to move into co-housing neighborhood,” KXLY, August 3, 2021.

Picker, Eve. “It takes a village,” Rethink Real Estate, For Good, June 16, 2021.

2020

Lee, Lloyd. “For Mountain View’s cohousing group, shared community has been a lifeline during pandemic,” Our Neighborhoods, December 29, 2020.

2019

Levy-Uyeda, Ray. “A different kind of condo complex,” Mountain View Voice, November 9, 2019

DeGraff, John. “Offering Community and Connection in the Age of Separation,” Earth Island Journal, August 30, 2019

DeGraff, John. “The Best of Both Worlds: The Promise of Cohousing,” The Connector, August 27, 2019

Martin, Courtney E. “Coming of age in cohousing,” Curbed, February 13, 2019

Tindal, Doug. “Should we stop calling ourselves co-housing?,” Wine on the Porch, January 30, 2019

Pender, Kathleen. “Senior cohousing an ‘antidote to the loneliness’ that hits people as they age,” San Francisco Chronicle, January 5, 2019

2018

Gladu, Cheryl. “Cohousing is an inclusive approach to smart, sustainable cities,” PHYS Org, November 16, 2018

O’Connor Naoibh. “City of Vancouver should make cohousing projects easier to be built says proponent,” Vancouver Courier, November 13, 2018

Lake, Rebecca. “How to Invest in Senior Cohousing,” US NEWS, October 05, 2018

Gladu, Cheryl. “Design Considerations: The Common house, acoustics edition,” Medium, September 15, 2018

Tindal, Doug. ‘Cohousing offers a radically simple idea’,” Wine on the Porch, September 7, 2018

LaRue, Jennifer. “Haystack Heights: Spokane Cohousing Community,” Spokane +Coeur d’Alene Living, August 2018. Page 114-121

Ward, Erin. “Becoming a Farmer the Community Way,” The Tyee, August 07, 2018

O’Connor, Naoibh. “Design process critical in creating cohousing communities, says American architect,” Vancouver Courier, July 22, 2018

O’Connor, Naoibh. “Decisions on ‘cohousing lite’ and Hollywood Theatre proposals expected on July 17,” Vancouver Courier, July 16, 2018

Schmid, Thacher. “No link between homeless villages and crime rates, Guardian review suggests,” The Guardian, May 23, 2018

Lozanova, Sarah. “What It’s Really Like to Live in an Ecovillage Community,” Earth911, May 21, 2018

D’Souza, Karen. “Cohousing: The new Bay Area trend in senior living,” The Mercury News, May 18, 2018

Pike, Helen. “Co-housing advocates insist it’s ‘the right time’ for Calgary to embrace community living,” The Star, May 13, 2018

Latson, Jennifer. “Loneliness is A Problem of Epidemic Proportions, Affecting Millions from All Walks of Life. But While Its Roots Are Complex, Remedies May Be Within Reach,” Psychology Today, March/April 2018

Grauer, Perrin. “Co-housing brings people together in unexpected ways – as long as they can afford the price-tag, advocates say,” The Star, April 29, 2018

These 4 cohousing projects are creating thriving communities,” Shareable, April 25, 2018

Halpert, Julie. “Retirement Communities Lure Boomers With Eco-Friendly Message,” The Wall Street Journal, April 22, 2018

Eaton, Kathy. “Finding a niche for Neva: Our Home effort gets underway,” The Hollywood Star News, April 3, 2018

Conover, Sarah. “Opting for Spokane cohousing,” SpokaneFAVS, March 22, 2018

Dineen, J.K. “Berkeley 4th Street developer plans to use new housing law to bypass review,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 8, 2018

The happiness chart,” IsA Wonderful World, February 23, 2018

Miranda, Jennifer Tallon. “Cohousing Objectives Property Management Companies Should Utilize,” Blue Pine Construction Corp, February 15, 2018

Rice, Karin Connelly. “Trend watch: Cohousing makes its way to Cleveland,” Freshwater Cleveland, February 13, 2018

Green, Jordan. “It Just Might Work: Intentional communities for senior,” Triad City Beat, February 8, 2018

Verde, Tom. “There’s Community and Consensus, but It’s No Commune,” The New York Times, January 21, 2018

2017

Roberts, David. “How our housing choices make adult friendships more difficult,” Vox, December 07, 2017

Fox, Jacqueline. “Co-Housing Project Breaks Ground in Fair Oaks,” Carmichael Times, November 19, 2017 

Kluger, Jeffrey. “‘Everyone Needs Someone Else,” Time Magazine, November 15, 2017

Peterson, Zoe. “Cohousing and the cure to loneliness,” McGill’s Student-run News Magazine, November 1, 2017

Fadiman, Lauren. “Shared Spaces: Community Living in the 21st Century,” Harvard Political Review, October 5, 2017

Howard, Mrianne. “Copenhagen study tour: cohousing,” Levitt Bernstein, October 4, 2017

Hammon, Mary. “Practice What You Plan,” The Magazine of the American Planning Association, August/September 2017

Boyer, Robert, and Suzanne Leland. “Who is interested in cohousing in the USA? Results from nation-wide survey,” UNC Charlotte, September 2017 

Millen, Lainey. “Triangle: Cohousing Progress, Center Awards, ENC Gala, AIDS Walk, Patient Training,” QNOTES, September 22, 2017

Charco, Cole del. “How the Triangle Became Ground Zero in the Cohousing Movement,” INDY Week, August 30, 2017

Perry, Philip. “Cohousing Could Help Solve Some of the World’s Most Pressing Problems,” BigThink, August 16, 2017

Voinea, Anca. “Re-imagining housing – how are co-op models helping to tackle the housing crisis,” Coop News, July 11, 2017

Kruth, Jeffrey. “Cohousing can offer social interaction and healthy cooperation,” Cleveland, May 22, 2017

Seven, Richard. “From Communes to Cohousing,” 3rd Act Magazine, Spring 2017

Janus, Andrea. “Community after retirement,” Toronto Star, February 11, 2017

Arieff, Allison. “A Housing Crisis for Seniors,” The New York Times, January 30, 2017

Charles, Michelle. “Oakcreek Community – a different types of senior housing,” Stillwater News Press, January 29, 2017

Durrett, Jessie McCamant. “Grad School Essay: Cohousing Fostered Intellectual Curiosity and Prioritization of the Collective Good,” The Cohousing Association, January 23, 2017

Abrams, Amanda. “Cohousing community for LGBT seniors coming to North Durham,” Chapel Hill News, January 18, 2017

2016

Godwin, Jenny.Is a Cohousing Community for You?,” Sacramento Parent Magazine, December 2016

Levitt, Shelley. “Living to Connect: Cohousing communities are reinventing the way some Americans live and boosting their health and happiness in the process,” Live Happy, December 2016

Khullar, Dhruv. “How Social Isolation Is Killing Us,” The New York Times, December 22, 2016

Johnson, Cat. “Aging in Community: Senior Cohousing Movement,” Shareable, December 5, 2016

 Huska, Liuan. “Cohousing: The New American Family,” Christianity Today, November 28, 2016

 “Say Hello to: Making CoHousing Happen,” Glasgow City Chambers, November 22, 2016

LeFevre, Camille. “Cohousing (aka Dorms for Grownups) and other living Alternatives in Minnesota,” Midwest Home Magazine, September 22, 2016

Martin, Courtney E. “Modern Housing With Village Virtues,” The New York Times, September 20, 2016

Wirthman, Lisa. “Why Boomers Are Designing Their Own Retirement Communities,” Forbes, September 19, 2016

Durrett, Charles. “In Community: You Need Not Reinvent the Wheel,” The Cohousing Association, September 6, 2016

Brooks, David. “The Great Affluence Fallacy,” The New York Times, August 9, 2016

Ground broken for senior cohousing unit in Port Townsend area; a first of its kind, organizers say,” Peninsula Daily News, July 31, 2016

Alexander, Alice. “What’s it like to Grow Up in Cohousing? The positives in breaking an arm,” The Cohousing Association, July 22, 2016

Durrett, Charles. “Senior Cohousing Provides Community Assistance with Living,” Mother Earth News, June 22, 2016

 Winslow, Seraphim. “Charles Durrett and the Co-Housing Connection,” Carmichael Times, June 17, 2016

Gottberg, Kathy. “Is Cohousing The Best Solution To Aging Well?,” Smart Living, June 3, 2016

Millen, Lainey. “Senior housing project progresses,” QNOTES, June 3, 2016

Farrell, Chris. “Can You Self-Insure For Long-Term Care?,” Forbes, May 6, 2016

Fletcher, Ed. “Group seeks friendly neighbors for Fair Oaks cohousing community,” The Sacramento Bee, April 30, 2016

Allderdice, Jacob. “The Cohousing Option,” Canadian Architect, April 20, 2016

Baker, Beth. “Conscious Aging in Cohousing Community,” Changing Aging, Feburary 22, 2016

Ryan, Ellen. “20 Questions and Answers About Cohousing,” AARP, February 1, 2016

Bergren, Anna. “Interviewed: Architect Charles Durrett on the Past and Promise of Cohousing,” Shareable, January 27, 2016

2015

Nunez, Christina. “How These Communities Save Energy – and Time for What Matters,” National Geographic, December 22, 2015

Bill and Kay Darlington. “Quimper Village: Is it a blueprint for future generations in Port Townsend?,” The Leader, December 8, 2015.

Harris, Robbie. “Putting the ‘Co’ in Communities,” Virginia’s Public Radio, August 28, 2015

Mears, Teresa. “How Baby Boomers Are Creating Their Own Retirement Communities,” U.S. News, April 20, 2015

Durrett, Charles. “The Power of Community,” Foundation for Intentional Community, April 10, 2015

2014

Perry, Matt. “Active Aging: Living Better Together,” California Health Report, December 8, 2014

Planos, Josh. “The Dutch Village Where Everyone Has Dementia,” The Atlantic, November 14, 2014

Gold, Kerry. “Being neighborly is a requirement,” Globe and Mail, October 28, 2014

Gold, Kerry. “Vancouver co-housing movement gains traction,” The Globe and Mail, October 24, 2014

Maskall, Marty. “EcoHousing a New Trend,” Citrus Heights Messenger, September 2014

Dowell, Cassandra. “Co-Housing Model Can Give Senior Living Providers Competitive Edge,” Senior Housing News, July 9, 2014

Bitker, Janelle. Bunch of dirty hippies,” SN&R, June 26, 2014

Healthy aging into your 80s and beyond: 5 keys to a long, healthful life,” Consumer Reports, May 2014

Pemberton, Kim. “City hurdles made east Vancouver co-housing project difficult, architect says,” Vancouver Sun, May 28, 2014

Ferguson, Courtney. “Eco inspired life,” The Union, April 12, 2014

Spleiss, Elise. “Fair Oaks Launches Co-housing Neighborhood,” American River Messenger, March 2014

Schramm, Don. “Burlington Cohousing’s Excellent Solar Adventures,” Communities, January 14, 2014

Durrett, Charles. “Energy Efficiency in Cohousing,” Communities, January 14, 2014

2013

Lawhon, Larry L. “Senior Cohousing: An Option for Boomers,” The Magazine of the American Planning Association, December 2013

Opinion: Why We Can’t Ignore College-Based Senior Cohousing,” Senior Housing News, September 30, 2013

Walljasper, Jay. “How to Design Our Neighborhoods for Happiness,” YES! Magazine, July 27, 2013

Ferguson, Courtney. “A home with trunk space,”  The Union, May 11, 2013

Korkki, Phyllis. “In Retiree Housing, Talking About Multigenerations,” The New York Times, March 12, 2013

Durrett, Charles, and Joanna Winter. “Achieving Affordability with Cohousing,” Communities Magazine, March 7, 2013

Brenton, Maria. “Senior cohousing communities – an alternative approach for the UK?,” JRF (Joseph Rowntree Foundation), January 15, 2013

2012

Lozanova, Sarah. “Raising Kids in Cohousing Communities,” Mother Earth Living, December 26, 2012.

Holeywell, Ryan. “Senior Cohousing May be the Next Real-Estate Trend,” Governing, November 2012.

Hamburger, Jay. “Nontraditional housing group will buy City Hall property,” Park Record, November 30, 2012.

Watts, Bevis. “Cohousing, Considerism and the Future Sustainable Society,” The Big City, Oct 2012.

Favalora, Christian. “Oakcreek housing community brings excitement, controversy,” O’Colly Media Group, October 15, 2012.

Rosacker, Christopher. “Grass Valley’s Wolf Creek cohousing development opens,” The Union, October 12, 2012.

Rosacker, Christopher." “Grass Valley’s Wolf Creek senior cohousing project almost complete,” The Union, September 27, 2012.

Eberlein, Sven. “Life can be easier with friends next door,” Yes Magazine, Summer 2012.

Brown, J.M. “Council Oks downtown co-housing project; 19-unit building slated for Walnut Avenue,” Santa Cruz Sentinel, July 24, 2012.

Streuli, Ted. “Oklahoma’s first cohousing development caters to community-minded seniors,” The Journal Record, July 12, 2012.

Rincon Del Rio project earns top architecture award,” The Union, July 6, 2012. 

Rincon Del Rio receives award for proposed senior housing project,” The Union, July 3, 2012

Sadler, Jessica. “Cohousing Community Coming Downtown,” Urban Durham Realty, June 10, 2012.

Sheridan, Van. “The Growing Choices in Niche Communities.,” Where to Retire, March/April 2012.

Hudson, Andrew. “Co-housing seminar builds interest in Smithers,” Smithers Interior News, April 15, 2012.

Bergsman, Steve. “Cohousing not just for boomer hippies,” Inman, April 13, 2012.

Coulson, Mel. “Co-housing solution for seniors in Smithers,” Smithers Interior News, March 29, 2012.

Overall, Michael. “Oakcreek Community co-housing project near Stillwater reaches halfway point for build,” Tulsa World, March 21, 2012.

Ryan, Denise. “Green entrepreneurs plan cohousing site,” Vancouver Sun, February 24, 2012.

Smith, Jennifer. “Organization underway for first Okanagan ecovillage,” Kelowna Capital News, February 22, 2012.

Co-housing session highlights Yarrow project,” The Abbotsford News, January 19, 2012.

Feinberg, Jennifer. “Yarrow Ecovillage reaches the halfway point,” The Progress page 4, January 11, 2012.

2011

Gov. Brown Announces 2011 Top Environmental Leadership Awards,” California Environmental Protection Agency, December 14, 2011

Steuteville, Robert. “Cohousing evolves into “ecovillages,” New Urban News, November 28, 2011

Power, G. Allen. “Intentional communities, can prevent institutional angst, connect generations and prevent the medicalization of aging,” Aging Today, Septemebr-October 2011

Elmasry, Faiza. “Washington Homeowners Live in Modern Village,” VOA News, October 02, 2011
Dietrich, Heidi. “Puget Ridge’s family spirit: co-op living in W. Seattle,” The Seattle Times, October 1, 2011
Harris-Adler, Rosa. “Rest homes with a difference: Boomers are reworking the idea of aging for co-housing,” Candian Senior Cohousing, September 30, 2011

Killick, David. “Different housing approach crucial,” The Press Christchurch, September 7, 2011

Finally! Cohousing comes to downtown Santa Cruz,” Mercury News, September 02, 2011

Johnson, Cat. “Seniors Reinvent Aging Through Cohousing & Senior Villages,” Shareable, May 22, 2011

Abrahms, Sally. '“Boomers Redefine Retirement Living,” AARP Bulletin, April 2011

Abrahms, Sally. “Intergenerational Cohousing: Clustered homes and a common house foster a community for making friends of all ages,” AARP Bulletin, March 28, 2011

CoHousing. (Season 1, Episode 119) Immense Possibilities,” PBS. March 4, 2011

White, Kimberly. “Developer discusses planned cohousing development in downtown Santa Cruz,” Santa Cruz Sentinel, February 11, 2011

Abrahms, Sally. “Elder Cohousing: A new option for retirement – or sooner!,” AARP Bulletin, January 31, 2011

2010

Marriott, Suzanne. “The Making of Senior Cohousing: The Story of Wolf Creek Lodge,” Communities, Winter 2010

Dale, Rebecca. “It Takes a Community to Grow an Elder,” Communities, December 7, 2010

Renning, Marion, and Carol Obloy. “Cohousing: an alternative option,” Boomerang page 18-19, September 24, 2010

Span, Paula. “Living Together, Aging Together,” The New York Times, September 9, 2010

Moorhead, Joanna. “It’s like a mini Centre Parcs!’,” Guardian, May 1, 2010

Wardrip, Keith. “Fact Sheet.,” AARP, March 2010

2009

Durrett, Charles. “Senior Cohousing: Establishing a Healthy, Sustainable Lifestyle for an Aging Generation,” Communities, Winter 2009

Moore, Karen. “Somerville Ecovillage: Statutory Approvals and Finance,” Communities, Fall 2009

Brignall, Miles. “Communal living: Grand designs on living in perfect harmony,” The Guardian, October 23, 2009

Brignall, Miles. “Communal living: Love thy neighbourhood,” The Guardian, October 23, 2009

Durrett, Charles, and Louis Torelli. “Deconstructiong ‘green’: a holistic approach to designing sustainable child development centers,” Sustainable Building Design, May/June 2009

Colin, Chris. “To Your Left, a Better Way of Life?,” The New York Times Home, June 11, 2009

Durrett, Charles, Jean Nilsson, and Jennifer Barrett. “Cohousing as the Seed to Good Redevelopment,” Capital Commons Quarterly, May 2009

Buntin, John. “Seniors and the City,” Governing, May 31, 2009

Nasser, Haya El. “Seniors at home in co-housing,” USA Today, May 3, 2009

Pope, Elizabeth. “Fabulously Frugal: Living Well on Less Money,” AARP Bulletin, April 1, 2009

Sainz, Adrian. “Cohousing offers green living, sense of belonging,” The San Diego Union-Tribune, Feburary 6, 2009

2008

Bassman, Lorenzo. '“Fresno Cohousing Celebrates Its Grand Opening! – A Free Community Event,” Community Alliance, October 2008

Lee, BoNhia. “Residents ready to share sense of community,” The Business Journal, September 5, 2008

Cantor, Matt. “Is Cooperative Housing for You?,” The Berkeley Daily Planet, July 31, 2008

Chrest, Sam. “The Cohousing Life: Developments Bringing People Together,” NuWire Investor, June 6, 2008

Robison, Rita R. “Cohousing offers opportunities for boomers,” Lowe’s, May 30, 2008

Cohousing Architects Win National Award,” Foundation for International Community, May 29, 2008

Biery, Pamela. “Nevada City Architects Win National Award,” Yuba Net, May 21, 2008

Whiting, Sam. “Chuck Durrett keeps his original cohousing dream alive with a new retirement idea,” San Francisco Chronicle, May 18, 2008

Olenchek, Christina. “Garden Spot cohousing project stimulates interest, curiosity,” Central Penn Business Journal, May 15, 2008

Lizaire, Cassandra. “Communal lifestyle reborn,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 9, 2008

Rosevear, John. “A Better Way to Live in Retirement,” The Motley Fool, May 7, 2008

U.S. Ripe for Cohousing Lifestyle,” Environmental Protection, April 21, 2008.

Perez, Amanda. “Co-housing Community Almost Complete,” KFSN-TV/DT, April 13, 2008

Low-carbon Living Takes Off In The US.,” Science Daily, April 10, 2008

Pooling resources for a green future,” The Age, April 5, 2008

Johnson, Danielle. “Cohousing in the US – An Interview with Craig Ragland,” Seattle pi, March 20, 2008

Herrin, Rhonda. “Wolf Creek Village Cohousing Ground Breaking!!! Construction To Follow,” Yuba Net, March 18, 2008

Kushner, Eve. “Fringe Benefits: Part 2 in the Outsiders Series,” Eve Kushner, February 2008

South Kimbark Avenue Chicago,” Building Green TV, January 28, 2008

Wurn, Diana. “Seattle a pioneer in “community living” movement,” The Seattle Times, January 26, 2008

2007

Williams, Jo. “Predicting an American future for cohousing,” ScienceDirect, 2007

Ganga, Maria L. La. “Communal housing is coming of age,” Los Angeles Times, December 23, 2007

Kushner, Eve. “Rebels with a Cause: Part 1,” Builder/Architect Magazine, December 2007

Lietaert, Matthieu. “The growth of cohousing in Europe,” Cohousing Magazine, November 2007

Jacobs, Alice. “Senior Cohousing By Charles Durrett Reviewed by Alice Jacobs Ed.D., MS; Senior education and learning specialist,” October 9, 2007

Boyd, E.B. “Our Town: Sick of single-family solitude? Craving an antidote to urban isolation? The new era of tribal living has arrived,” Common Ground, October 2, 2007

Durrett, Charles. “Notes on Beauty in Community,” Communities, Fall 2007

Bassman, Lynette. “La Querencia Fresno Cohousing Is Fresno’s First Multi-Family Neighborhood to Receive “Fresno Green” Designation,” Sierra Club, Summer 2007

Schulte, Bret. “Just Don’t Call Them Communes,” US News and World Report, August 5, 2007.

Moran, Jan, and Paul Rollins. “Aging in Community: How the Coming Baby Boom Generation will Transform Traditional Models of Independent Living,” Terrain, Summer/ Fall 2007

Baby Boomers Relocate to Kick-Start Their Lives,” ABC News, March 6, 2007

Ostrow, Judy. “Elder Cohousing: A Haven for Your Golden Years,” Natural Home, January/February 2007

Schweitzer, Sarah. “Close for comfort: Residents say cohousing gives them privacy and community,” The Boston Globe, January 7, 2007

2006

Perrigan, Dana. “Houses United: For those who live in cohousing, home is where the community is,” San Francisco Chronicle, December 10, 2006

It Might Seem Like A Commune But Co-housing Is Not A Sixties Idea,” Mortgage News Daily, November 28, 2006

Bowen, Ted Smalley. “The closeness of strangers,” Financial Times, November 10, 2006

Abrahms, Sally. “Not Home Alone: Seniors are signing up for semi-communal enclaves, with separate homes but a supportive community,” Time Magazine, October 23, 2006

Lee, Shelley A. “10 Questions with Noteworthy People: Charles Durrett on How ‘Intentional Community’ Can Help Us Get This Aging Thing Right,” Journal of Financial Planning, September 2006

Nina. “Creating Intentional Communities in Retirement,” Queer Cents, September 20, 2006

Bunker, David. “The concept of cohousing comes to Truckee,” Sierra Sun, July 10, 2006

Kleist, Trina. “New kind of neighborhood,” The Union, April 18, 2006

Brown, Patricia Leigh. “Growing Old Together, in New Kind of Commune,” New York Times, February 27, 2006

2005

Boehland, Jessica. “Two New Cohousing Books,” Building Green, 2005

Puchall, Lauri. “Common Ground: More than simply hanging up your hat, retiring to a cohousing community can mean connecting with peers, young families, and life,” The Monthly, December 2005

Retherford, Brittany. “Catalyst for change,” The Union, October 2, 2005

Holzel, David. “Consensual Communities,” Builder Online, September 1, 2005

Kissack, Andrea. “Reshaping the Neighborhood Frontier/How to create an intentional community through cohousing,” SF Gate, August 7, 2005

Langdon, Philip. “Cohousing’ bolsters new urban neighborhoods: An alternative to the solitary household finds a place in TND projects,” New Urban News, June 2005

Buntin, Simmons B. “Cohousing in Tucson Arizona,” Terrain, Spring 2005

Loomis, Catha. “CoHousing: Challenge and Community,” Alternatives, Spring 2005

2004

Brown, Ben. “Communes for Grownups: Looking for the ideal place to retire? Create it yourself,” AARP Bulletin, November 2004

Blank, Joani. “Cohousing: what’s so UU about it?,” UU World, July/August 2004

2003

Wedner, Diane. “On common ground: A collaborative housing idea from Denmark is finding a niche in parts of California. Families and the elderly choose to share meals, chores, costs and, of course, their lives,” Los Angeles Times, December 14, 2003

Paoli, Richard. “Home at last/Cotati co-housing took years to plan and develop – now, it’s a reality,” San Francisco Chronicle, November 23, 2003

Moller, Dave. “Cohousing back before Nevada City,” The Union, October 27, 2003 

Kyle, Barry. “Cohousing: Nevada City dream of home ownership,” The Union, April 19, 2003

2002

Boehland, Jessica. “Cohousing: How Green is My Village?,” Environmental Building News, September 2002

Drueding, Meghan. “In from the Fringe: more touchy-feely than new urbanism but more aloof than communes, cohousing might just be the neighborhood of the future,” Residential Architect, August 2002

McCamant, Kathryn. “Common bonds, what it takes to make a village (perspective),” Residential Architect, August 2002

Todorov, Kerana. “Families coming together,” The Union, August 20, 2002

Gallagher, Mary Grace. “Co-housing’s popularity on the upswing,” The Washington Times, July 26, 2002

Hunter, Carol. “Group Ecology, Cohousing Communities Lighten the Load,” Terrain Magazine, Spring 2002

Paoli, Richard. “Cohousing with a twist / Cotati project includes storefronts on downtown street,” SF Gate, May 12, 2002

Lowe, Judy. “Community spirit vs. solitude,” The Christian Science Monitor, February 20, 2002

McCarroll, Christina. “Instant community,” The Christian Science Monitor, February 20, 2002

Smith, Charles. “COHOUSING COMING OF AGE/ ‘Intentional communities’ one answer to an increasingly alienated society,” San Francisco Chronicle, February 9, 2002

2001

Built-In Community,” Home Energy: The Magazine of Home Performance, November/December 2001

Hair, Marty. “Condo owners share a lot,” Chicago Tribune, December 30, 2001

Husbands-Hankin, Shonna. “Cohousing, Anyone?,” The Shalom Center, September 8, 2001

Hollander, Elizabeth. “Community under Construction: The Triumphs and Trials of the cohousing movement,” East Bay Express, August 15, 2001

Lumpkin, Ben. “Free bus passes pushed to reduce truancy,” The Berkeley Daily Planet, July 16, 2001

Mohor, Daniela. “Living with your neighbors,” The Berkeley Daily Planet, July 16, 2001

Paoli, Richard. “So happy together/Cohousing developments offer residents the chance to share life,” San Francisco Chronicle, July 15, 2001

Lloyd, Carol. “Community-Minded Nesting/Cohousing angels work to make potluck dreams come true,” SF Gate, May 15, 2001

Locke, Michelle. “No fences make good neighbors at co-housing complex,” The Berkeley Daily Planet, February 4, 2001

2000

Bogos, Sheldon. “Integrating Sustainable Enterprise With Close-Knit Community,” In Business Magazine, November/December 2000

Nichols, Kate N. “Shared Housing: Purchase Your Own Green Dream Home for $144,000!,” Whatcom Watch, October/November 2000

Holmstrom, David. “A brief history of cohousing,” The Christian Science Monitor, July 26, 2000

Holmstrom, David. “United We Stand,” The Christian Science Monitor, July 26, 2000

Landau, Meryl Davids. “Common Grounds: Cohousing combines community and ecology,” Hearth & Home, January/February 2000

Longdon, David M. “Bellingham Cohousing: A Baby Step on the Path Towards Sustainable Living,” Whatcom Watch, January 2000

1999

McCamant, Kathryn M. “Cohousing Communities: A Model for Reinvigorating Urban Neighborhoods,” New Village, 1999

Chesky, Laurel. “Sharing and Caring: Folks planning a cohousing development on Fort Ord hope to sub-unite, not subdivide,” Coast Weekly, November 4, 1999

Wykes, S.L. “Co-Housing Finds Comfortable Fit in California,” The Washington Post, October 9, 1999

Gardner, Gary. “Why Share?,” World Watch, July/August 1999

Tansey, Bernadette. “Pleasant Hill Lot Seen as Co-op Housing Dream,” SF Gate, July 6, 1999

1998

White-Harvey, Robert J. “Cohousing: A Scandinavian Longhouse, or A Traditional Approach to Modern Housing?,” Canadian Journal of Native Studies, 1998

Lichtblau, Eric. “‘Cohousing’ – Modern Twist to ‘60s Dream,” Los Angeles Times, November 23, 1998

Quart, Alissa, and Phil Kushin. “Neo-Counterculture,” The Washington Post, June 7, 1998

1997

Stock, Robert W. “Living Independently in Old Age, Without Going It Along,” The New York Times, December 18, 1997

Drew, Kathryn. “It Takes a Village / A decade after the concept was imported from Scandinavia, cohousing communities are becoming part of the Bay Area landscape. The movement is the '90s version of the old-fashioned neighborhood,” San Francisco Chronicle, October 15, 1997

Forna, Aminatta. “Co-housing is to yuppies what communes were to the hippies, Aminatta Forna reports,” The Independent, September 7, 1997

Meadows, Donella. “Co-Housing – Somewhere Between Neighborhood and Commune,” Global Citizen, August 14, 1997

Hurrelbrinck, Nancy. “Energy Conservation in Cohousing Communities,” Home Energy, July/August 1997

1996

Harris, Mark. “Suburbs of the Future,” Vegetarian Times, July 1996

Evans, Judith. “CO-HOUSING, A NEIGHBORLY THING TO DO,” The Washington Post, January 27, 1996

1995

Cohousing’s New Cachet: Are Cooperative Living’s Challenges Worth the Environmental and Community-Building Payoffs?,” E Magazine, July/August 1995

1993

Dreher, Henry. “Why Did the People of Roseto Live So Long?,” Natural Health, September/October 1993

Fioravante, Janice. “Cohousing Concept Begins Edging Into New York,” The New York Times, August 15, 1993

Ravo, Nick. “A New Kind of Housing That Brings People Together,” The New York Times, February 25, 1993

1992

Looking Forward to the Past,” Time Magazine, Fall 1992

1989

Koenenn, Connie. “California Couple Envisions Revolution in U.S. Housing,” The Washington Post, February 4, 1989