cohousing

Definition of cohousingnext

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Recent Examples of cohousing As a cohousing community that is explicitly 55+ and LGBTQ-friendly, Village Hearth is the first of its kind in the US. — Frances Dodds, Architectural Digest, 3 June 2026 Some people live on their own, while others opt for cohousing. — Ryan Kellman, NPR, 10 June 2025 Now aged 68 and 72, the two are living together again in Heartwood Commons, a cohousing community in Oklahoma. — David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024 For those wanting their own space, but seeking the benefits of community and camaraderie, cohousing is a viable alternative. — Jamie Gold, Forbes, 19 July 2022 Spevak, who owns Orange Splot, which designs and builds cohousing and other small communities, spoke of the mismatch between houses and resident needs. — oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohousing
Noun
  • Association fees, property taxes and special assessments are driving the cost of ownership up, while a condo oversupply is keeping rents relatively low.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The 116,000-square-foot project will bring 68 condo-hotel units, a private members’ clubhouse, dining, a rooftop lounge, meeting and event space and a pool to the college town.
    — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Contrastingly, the duplex’s interiors couldn’t be more modern, with skylight windows, sleek kitchen appliances, and poured concrete floors that add a brutalist touch.
    — Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Gaga’s former penthouse is a corner duplex occupying the top two floors of the building.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 29 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The single three-story building is billed as an active-adult lifestyle condominium complex with prices ranging from $489,000 to $587,000.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Along South Bayshore Drive, there’s almost no vacant land left, so the developers acquired an older condominium building and negotiated a condo termination with its owners, Isaac Toledano, founder of BH Group, told Fortune.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Ease regulations and improve supply Both Republican and Democratic candidates have proposed relief from regulations as a means of achieving greater efficiency, especially in the area of housing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Home backup power is shifting toward longer lifespans, higher efficiency, and entirely new battery chemistries.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Though the success of the doc represents an achievement for the form — as well as for Fielder, Oppenheim, and studio A24 — the overall picture at the box office this weekend is more mixed.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The album was recorded in two days at Firehouse 12, the New Haven experimental and contemporary jazz mecca which encompasses a recording studio, a live music venue and a classy bar.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The place had belonged to a former photography director of this magazine, Jordan Schaps, who started renting the 700-square-foot floor-through for $135 a month in 1975.
    — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 1 Nov. 2025
  • With its floor-through dwellings, celebrity penthouse, secret passageways, and camaraderie (begrudging or otherwise) between residents both longtime and new, the Arconia is a world within itself.
    — Scarlett Harris, Architectural Digest, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This week, our picks include a brownstone floor-through with original Italianate flourishes in Prospect Heights and a garden apartment in the far West Village with a private patio.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Pretty in Pink is one way to refer to this historic garden apartment—built in 1875.
    — Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 25 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Griffin also recently paid $38 million for a duplex apartment up the block from where Mamdani shot the video, according to the Wall Street Journal.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • After meeting his girlfriend, İlkay, the couple moved into a furnished two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom duplex apartment in the Kadıköy neighborhood of Istanbul.
    — Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025

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“Cohousing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohousing. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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