Cohousing

a community alternative to private property

Authors

  • Mayra Alejandra Vargas Garay, Sra. Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Colombia.
  • Ángel David Roncancio García, Sr. Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4124-3071
  • Octavio Cardona García, Sr.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18270/cuaderlam.v14i27.2653

Keywords:

Cohousing, Community economies, community housing

Abstract

The article, seeks to respond from another vision to one of the unmet needs of society in Colombia, the problem of access to housing. us, an updated revision is presented on the model of community housing called cohousing, writing the general principles of the model and its economic implications on the individual and the community that is formed from this model of community housing. e microeconomic reach of these communities is presented and finally cohousing is analyzed from the institutional framework of property rights, and as a phenomenon of social interaction in which communal, economic and environmental benefits are generated.

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Author Biography

Ángel David Roncancio García, Sr., Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Colombia.

Research professor at the Military University Nueva Granada. Group director of studies in Education, accounting and GECS Society.

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Published

2018-12-15

How to Cite

Vargas Garay, M. A., Roncancio García, Ángel D., & Cardona García, O. (2018). Cohousing: a community alternative to private property. Cuadernos Latinoamericanos De Administración, 14(27). https://doi.org/10.18270/cuaderlam.v14i27.2653
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