PUBLICATIONS ON COHOUSING COMMUNITIES

CoHousing Communities of older people

M.Brenton, (1998)  We’re in charge’. CoHousing Communities of Older People in the Netherlands: Lessons for Britain? published by the Policy Press. 

M. Brenton (1999) Choice, autonomy and mutual support: older women’s collaborative living arrangements  (York Publishing Services).

Maria Brenton (1999) Co-operative living arrangements among older women in Local Environment, Vol 4, No 1, February,  pp 79-87, USA. 

M.Brenton (1999) ‘Choosing to grow old together’, in Managing Care, April.

M.Brenton (1999) CoHousing communities: lessons for Britain? in Prevention, Spring.

Maria Brenton (2000) ‘Joined-up’ thinking? A co-housing community pilot project, in Housing, Care and Support, September.

Maria Brenton (2001) ‘CoHousing Communities of Older People’ in S.Peace & C.Holland, (eds)  Inclusive Housing in an Ageing Society, Bristol, Policy Press.

Maria Brenton (2002) ‘Choosing and managing your own community in later life’ in K.Sumner (ed)  Our homes, our lives: choice in later life living arrangements. London, Centre for Policy on Ageing/ Housing Corporation.

Maria Brenton (2004) ‘Cohousing Communities for older people’ in M.Field, Thinking about Cohousing, Diggers and Dreamers.

Maria Brenton (2004) ‘The cohousing community – an alternative future for old age’ in EnvisAGE, Autumn 2004, No. 3,pp 8-11, Age Concern Wales

Durrett, C. (2005) Senior Cohousing: a Community Approach to Independent Living,  Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, Ca.

CoHousing Communities in general

M.Field (2004) Thinking about Cohousing, Diggers and Dreamers.

C.Pickering et al (2005) ‘A different way of living’. The legal and financial feasibility of setting up a CoHousing Community for older women in London.  London, Housing for Women/Housing Corporation.

Fromm, D. (1991) Collaborative Communities: Cohousing, Central Living and other forms of new housing with shared facilities, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.

C.Hanson, (1996) The CoHousing handbook: building a place for community, Hartley and Marks, Vancouver.

McCamant, K. & Durrett, C.  (1989) ‘Cohousing in Denmark’  in  New Households; New Housing, eds.Karen Franck & Sherry Ahrentzen, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.

McCamant, K. &  Durrett, C. with E. Hertzman (1994) Cohousing: a contemporary approach to housing ourselves, Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press. This is known as the ‘bible’ of the CoHousing movement)

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 ‘The Cohousing Approach to ‘Lifetime Neighbourhoods’.

Maria Brenton considers how local authorities can work with public and private sector partners to develop a co-housing approach to the outcomes sought from the government’s national strategy on housing for an ageing society and it offers recommendations for action.

http://networks.csip.org.uk/_library/Resources/Housing/Support_materials/Factsheets/Factsheet29.pdf

Seniors Cohousing Communities in the USA

Charles Durrett, (2005) Senior Cohousing: a community approach to independent living. Ten Speed Press, Ca. USA.

http://www.owch.org.uk/owchpages/Book%20Order%20Form.pdf