The meltdown started with a small thing — a bag of suckers. Rachel Damgen's four-year-old son wanted one. She said no. It was a few years ago, in the middle of the pandemic, when it was not unusual ...

The site of the old Roeder Elementary School and former Bellingham Public Schools District Office could soon be home to another cohousing community in Bellingham. The school district still owns the ...

Residents of Daybreak Cohousing in Portland, Oregon, gather in their shared courtyard. It's one of about 200 cohousing communities in the country. Jay Fram for NPR The meltdown started with a small ...

In cohousing communities, neighbors share common spaces, chores and a sense of connection that benefits everyone. For some, it's an answer to the... The meltdown started with a small thing — a bag of ...