Congress for the New Urbanism
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