communal housing
Group living arrangement
Communal housing is a living arrangement where residents share common spaces and resources while maintaining private quarters.
Unlike traditional apartments or houses, communal housing emphasizes collective living—shared kitchens, dining areas, gardens, or childcare responsibilities.
The term covers intentional communities, co-housing developments, and cooperative residences: They moved into communal housing to reduce costs and build community.
- cohousingIntentional community with shared amenities
- boarding houseResidence offering paid accommodation
- dormitoryStudent living building
- kibbutzIsraeli communal farm
- cost-sharingSplitting financial responsibility
eco-village · group home · mutual aid · commune · common areas · egalitarianism · roommates · shared kitchen · intentional community · pooled resources · house meeting · shared responsibility · land trust · neighborliness · big house · collectivism · chores · sustainability
- dwellingshouse, home, apartment, cabin, cottage
- kolkhozwheat fields, grain silos, threshing floors, administrative offices
- public housingcouncil estates, council flats, Section 8, council estate, council flat
- residential facilitiesnursing home, assisted living, group home, care home, foster home
- shared ownershipco-ownership, shared ownership, community ownership, joint ownership, collective ownership
- Soviet ArchitectureSeven Sisters, brutalism, concrete blocks, concrete towers, metro stations
communal housingsingle-family home
Freestanding residential dwelling
private residence · detached house · studio apartment · estate · manor
communal housingprivate property
Individually owned assets
sole ownership · individual ownership · private estate · personal estate · self-contained unit
communal housinghermitage
Secluded religious dwelling
living alone · off-grid cabin · private retreat · bachelor pad