Collaborative Housing

Abstract

Against the backdrop of the current housing crisis, Europe has seen the
(re)emergence of collectively self-organised housing projects.
Collaborative housing stands as an umbrella term for the wide range of
these housing forms, where groups of residents collectively design,
develop and inhabit housing. This chapter provides a brief
characterization of the motives underlying these new types of housing
forms, and lays out challenges and opportunities that these projects
entail. In doing so, it applies the concept of co-production, which
signals a new paradigm in the way of conceiving the relationship between
residents and professionals in housing provision.