Co-housing in the Netherlands

The idea of co-housing arose at the end of the sixties in the Netherlands and can be described as having a community of people or households, where each household has its own house or apartment. Most co-housing projects consist of rented houses, normally owned by housing cooperatives, which are wide spread in The Netherlands. Renting allows low-income households to be part of co-housing communities. There are also projects with a mix of owned and rented homes and some with only owned homes.