{"id":1880,"date":"2025-10-09T05:14:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T11:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2025-10-09T05:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T11:14:27","slug":"spokane-public-radio-the-fruits-of-our-labor-how-cohousing-in-spokane-is-growing-neighbors-fighting-loneliness-and-saving-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/?p=1880","title":{"rendered":"Spokane Public Radio: &#8216;The fruits of our labor&#8217;: How cohousing in Spokane is growing neighbors, fighting loneliness, and saving money"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spokane.webp?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spokane-1024x768.webp?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spokane.webp?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spokane.webp?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spokane.webp?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spokane.webp?resize=1536%2C1152 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spokane.webp?resize=800%2C600 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spokane.webp?w=1760 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Certain crises are decades in the making. Housing is one of them. An epidemic of loneliness is another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the single family home remains a fixture of the American dream, some people are challenging that picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cohousing is a style of neighborhood where residents have their own private homes but share common spaces and buildings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advocates of cohousing say their vision could help fight loneliness while building more housing on less land\u2014which could be good news for the climate, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokanepublicradio.org\/regional-news\/2025-10-07\/haystack-heights-cohousing-spokane-community-loneliness-save-money\">more<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Certain crises are decades in the making. Housing is one of them. An epidemic of loneliness is another. While the single family home remains a fixture of the American dream, some people are challenging that picture. 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