Following recent projects by British company The Collective and US-based Common, co-living is picking up steam in the private sector, now making its way with a shared-living pilot programme. The new phase of affordable rooming units will include a mix of target incomes, including those for “extremely low income” tenants and the formerly homeless.
Another project in Harlem offers a new, 10-storey shared housing development designed to encourage a sense of community and create a home-like environment with access to onsite social services, life-coaching retreats, green roof and a shared rear yard.
Co-living as a concept is generally attributed in part to the tech “hacker houses” of Silicon Valley in the early 2000s, where residents worked similar tech professions and shared living quarters.
