Cohousing, a way of optimizing resources and improving social relations, is growing increasingly common around the world. Here are three recent examples in the United Kingdom and China, with a variety ...

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 ...

Cohousing, a way of optimizing resources and improving social relations, is growing increasingly common around the world. Here are three recent examples in the United Kingdom and China, with a variety ...

Rising from the eastern bank of the Oakland Estuary at the foot of Park Street Bridge, the concrete, wood and glass face of Phoenix Commons in Oakland’s Jingletown looks like many industrial-chic ...

Back in the good old days, I’m told, people lived in neighborhoods where they looked out for each other. They had potlucks, kept an eye on each other’s kids, loaned out lawnmowers and cups of sugar.

Two housing developments are set to be Britain's first new-build schemes to embrace a style of living known as co-housing. This week in Bramley, Leeds, the first owners will start moving into 20 homes ...

A new report suggests a solution to Houston’s affordable housing problem and its vacant office space issue could come from the one source. We're all familiar with these real estate trends: limited ...

The idea that technology will fix complex and systemic problems like climate change, poverty, the housing crisis or health care is simplistic to say the least. We need a radical shift in how we live, ...

My career in journalism has been varied and wide-ranging. I’m an author, a documentary maker, a reporter, and my work has sparked four commissions of inquiry in Canada. My touchstone in journalism has ...

Recently there has been a renewed focus on smart growth versus sprawl in Nevada County. Most of the conversation about growth stays in the theoretical realm – rarely are people able to cite an example ...