cohousing
Etymology
From co- + housing.
cohousing means housing in which the residents' private space is supplemented by communal facilities such as a shared kitchen and/or dining room. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
Why “cohousing” is a great word
COHOUSING — [Noun] A residential model wherein residents possess private dwellings but collaboratively maintain and utilize shared common facilities such as kitchens, gardens, and workshops. From the English prefix co- (meaning "together, jointly") + housing ("dwellings collectively"). Unlike a "commune" (which typically dissolves private life into a single, ideologically-bound household) or "cooperative housing" (which denotes a legal structure of joint ownership), cohousing is an architectural and social philosophy engineered for proximate, yet distinct, community. It is the scent of a neighbor's stew simmering in the common house, the warmth of a child passed from one set of hands to another across a shared lawn, and the texture of a garden trowel worn smooth by many palms—a quiet, physical rebuttal to isolation, built on the radical premise that a door can be both a personal boundary and an invitation.
noun
- Housing in which the residents' private space is supplemented by communal facilities such as a shared kitchen and/or dining room.“There are close to 200 of these cohousing communities across the country – according to The Cohousing Association – designed to facilitate community through shared resources and common spaces. Members admit there are many tradeoffs to living in such close proximity to their neighbors including navigating a shared chore list and mutual financial arrangement. But many also say that they've found a w”