Co-living

How communal living is changing in the UK

04.01.2019

Serena Ralston

Co-living | Co-working | Draft London Plan | Housing | LILAC | Low Impact Living Affordable Community | UK

Communal living has had a bad press recently. In many towns, locals fear the relentless expansion of university students HMOs, but co-living need no longer be like The Young Ones....
Poll shows micro-homes as preferred solution for delivering more housing

15.10.2018

Laura Edgar

Co-living | Community Engagement | federation of master builders | fmb | Housing | micro-homes | UK

Research suggests that homeowners think building more co-living developments and micro-homes would help to solve the housing crisis – and building on green belt was the least popular solution.
It’s time to overhaul the use classes order

03.07.2018

Jennifer Ross

Build to Rent | Co-housing | Co-living | England | Gig economy | Housing | Planning Law | Policy & Politics | PRS | UK | Use classes

The planning system is struggling to cope with modern ways of living, argues Jennifer Ross. What's needed are use classes that reflect how we choose to live in the 21st century