Charles Durrett > Quotes

“Most housing options available for seniors today isolate them and discourage neighborhood atmosphere. There is an alternative. If you are interested in: • Living in a large, social community in your own house. • Participating in the planning of your home. • Experiencing an alternative to institutionalized health care.”
― Charles Durrett, The Senior Cohousing Handbook: A Community Approach to Independent Living

“In Denmark, people frustrated by the available housing options developed cohousing: a housing type that redefined the concept of neighborhood to fit contemporary lifestyles. Tired of the isolation and the impracticalities of traditional single-family houses and apartment units, they built housing that combines the autonomy of private dwellings with the advantages of community living. Each household has a private residence, but also shares extensive common facilities with the larger group, including kitchen and dining areas, workshops, laundry facilities, guest rooms, and more.”
― Charles Durrett, The Senior Cohousing Handbook: A Community Approach to Independent Living

“Real wealth is derived from a blend of financial and social capital. Social capital? While it is vital to our everyday lives (and happiness), the concept of social capital remains something of a mystery to most Americans.”
― Charles Durrett, The Senior Cohousing Handbook: A Community Approach to Independent Living

“cohousing can be understood as a wealth-creation strategy that allows people to develop affordable housing enriched with an abundance of social capital.”
― Charles Durrett, The Senior Cohousing Handbook: A Community Approach to Independent Living

“great environments don’t happen because architects create them, but because cultures create them;”
― Charles Durrett, The Senior Cohousing Handbook: A Community Approach to Independent Living