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# Collaborative housing in Spain: 'anti-speculative, human and sustainable' (elDiario.es, 5 Apr 2019)

* **Collaborative housing, the “anti-speculative, human and sustainable” model that flourishes in Spain**
* Original headline in Spanish: *Vivienda colaborativa, el modelo “antiespeculativo, humano y sostenible” que florece en España*
* By Alicia Avilés. Published in Eldiario.es on 5 April 2019
* <https://www.eldiario.es/clm/Vivienda-colaborativa-antiespeculativo-sostenible-Espana_0_885412333.html>&#x20;
* **Summary from Google Translate**:
  * Being a model that starts from cooperatives created by people, that is, horizontal in their methods, the formulas are varied but they all have one point in common: cohousing or collaborative housing is a reality because it seeks to live in a “more humane and sustainable way", and because in many cases it also involves investing in the future of care. (...)
  * But what exactly are we referring to? According to Cristina Cuesta, founder of the [Cohousing Spain](https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1\&pto=aue\&rurl=translate.google.com\&sl=auto\&sp=nmt4\&tl=en\&u=https://www.facebook.com/cohousing.spain/\&usg=ALkJrhi53rJLVtTLMAYcRtGSRHSLNGem-w) network (which advises, [trains](https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1\&pto=aue\&rurl=translate.google.com\&sl=auto\&sp=nmt4\&tl=en\&u=https://www.facebook.com/cohousing.spain/\&usg=ALkJrhi53rJLVtTLMAYcRtGSRHSLNGem-w) and connects stakeholders), **collaborative housing is an intentional community of people aligned with the same priorities and who come together to carry out a common housing project that it must be "self-promoted and self-managed"**.
  * Currently, it is growing as an **alternative to conventional housing and the model of residences for the elderly and actively aging**. This last case is known as 'senior cohousing', but the multiplier effect is taking place intergenerationally and in different age ranges.
* **Keywords**: cohousing, collaborative housing, aging, senior cohousing, care homes, alternative housing models&#x20;