...the idea of co-living, if executed properly, can be a low-cost way to bring new affordable housing stock onto the market.

In Canada, urban co-living startups, like Roost and SoulRooms, echo the broader turn toward “adult dorm” housing setups seen in cities from Dublin to New York.

Yes, the average one bedroom apartment in New York is thousands of dollars, but part of the compromise of New York IS living with roommates or sharing space in some other fashion for longer than in other cities. You don’t move to New York as a fledgling cultural worker and automatically become entitled to make enough money to rent a one bedroom.... See more