Pittsburgh Flats

buildings | city property | civic engagement | co-housing | community | housing | life-work balance | low income

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Idea Overview

Provide affordable co-housing option to young, pre home-owning professionals

Idea Round Up Concept Sheet

Who worked on idea?

Lauren Owens, Joanne Pompeo, Missy Raterman

What is the idea?

Provide affordable co-housing option to young, pre home-owning professionals

How would idea work?

Capitalize on houses in existing market
Set up prototype co-housing unit that doubles as a resource center to help other groups set up a similar housing project
3 component housing structure: personal, communal, and public

Pluses:

Provides social network
Provides affordable home-owner option
Builds new communities

Concerns:

Housing zoning issues
Legal ownership issues
Mediation of household issues

Community opportunities:

Improving local housing stock and young population retention
Enhancing communities by building strong relationships

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