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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Amelia Hill

‘Fight for every penny’: the over-70s battling to achieve Scottish cohousing dream

The five people are standing in a field of tall grass
Hope Cohousing’s Catriona Patterson, Trish Spence, Claire Broadhurst, Jenny Rambridge, Catherine Kirkwood and Mark Smith. (Elli Pearson is missing from the photo.) Photograph: Hope Cohousing

The first fully rented cohousing project in Scotland is “shovel ready” thanks to a group of people in their 70s who have spent six years fighting to turn their dream community into a reality.

Cohousing communities are developments of new-build or retrofitted homes created and run by those living there. Each development comprises self-contained residences as well as community spaces, where activities and most meals are shared.

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