Co-living for older people – reduced loneliness and lower living costs

This research report from Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research reveals a range of benefits for older people choosing to live with others, as well as identifying barriers to be overcome if co-living is to grow at scale throughout the UK.

It offers three different scenarios that qualify what is meant by ‘co-living’, namely: 1) house sharing; 2) cohousing, and 3) intergenerational living. In addition, the Centre has produced a guide to co-living which promotes co-living and provides further information.