Intentional Co-Housing Innovation

I want to share an innovative idea for solving housing.

This is a big picture outline of an idea to get more people living well together and having secure healthy communities and networks of neighbors.

I envision a new type of housing community with inclusivity as a core principle. It includes housing for the unhoused, low income, blue-collar working class, professionals & well off. All share common grounds & resources to create a secure human thriving community.

Low income and no income residents can live there on a sliding scale from 100% subsidized to lower levels of subsidized housing and exercise an option should they desire to do so to build equity by working in areas like groundskeeping, maintenance, community cafe work opportunities, community child and elder care, and other ways of contributing to a safe healthy community. They could receive on-the-job training in these areas enhanced by city and county resources (think community college extension courses meet apprenticeship opportunities) and private corporate partnerships.

Low-income units could be capped at $500 per person/bedroom cost or some percentage like 25% of their income with opportunities to build/earn equity by work contributions as mentioned above.