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When I was raising my family. I lived in a non profit housing co op that had been funded by the ontario and federal government.. Well, not as luxurious in common space. As this one you describe. It had a common room with full kitchen and things like that and cars were parked at the back of the property so the children had an entire development to run around and safely. It was a wonderful community and I was really blessed to have been able to raise my children that way. When we move in there, we're 9 children under the age of 7 and they all grew up together and played together and many of them know each other today. And it was a really special place. We need more of that. But the government's have canceled things like funding nonprofit housing. Which I think is a serious mistake.

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This is a great idea!

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Since you quoted Charles Durrett's fist book, its worth mentioning he's written a few others including "Senior Cohousing: A Community Approach to Independent Living." which is a better place to start if you're specifically interested in Seniors.

Seemingly senior housing is a major if not primary focus of his work at The Cohousing Company nowadays.

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Yes I have read that since I wrote that post, I should do a new one based on that book.

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Can this translate to North American culture?

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It doesn't show signs of being terribly widespread, but cohousing projects have been built in North America for decades, see this list form those involving the Cohousing Company https://www.cohousingco.com/complete-projects-list.

The main constraint seems to be the requirement that every project is one-off that's bootstrapped by the future residents instead of something repeatable handled by a professional developer.

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Arts and Crafts Bain coop in Toronto I has lovely gardens too

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