Communal “co-living” catching on as low-cost housing alternative

On a recent tour of affordable housing projects in the Downtown L.A. area aimed at both solving and preventing homelessness, I was introduced to a “co-living” community, a new concept that provides lower-cost housing without government subsidies.
The concept offers smaller sleeping spaces in shared housing, with communal kitchens, bathrooms and living spaces.
I learned about this concept when a group from the California Association of Realtors toured the PodShare facility created by