Amsterdam ‘shared house’ model to open here

multicolored cargo containers used for housingPHILADELPHIA: A not-for-profit is preparing to introduce a Dutch initiative. Old shipping containers are used as students flats, and students live with ex-cons, refugees and the elderly.

The not-for-profit is currently undertaking further research on shared housing for students and other vulnerable groups. The students would get a place to live in return for carrying out simple care or other duties alongside professionals.

A similar project already exists in Denmark, where students share a hostel with people nearing the end of a prison term…

Full story covered in the Seniors Housing & Healthcare Trends.