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Co-Liv writes the books, reports and handbooks that turn coliving from instinct into practice. Most of it is free. All of it is here.

Coliving essentials.

Start here: the reference pages the industry turns to, kept current by the association.

What is coliving? The definition, from the association that helped name the field. Coliving glossary Every term in shared living, from cohousing to PBSA, defined plainly. Coliving events 2026 The industry calendar: the summits, conferences and forums worth the trip. Coliving Report 2024 The association's read on the state of the industry. Experts & consultants The people members turn to for strategy, design, community and tech.

Books & reports.

The Art of Coliving book cover

The Art of Coliving Gui Perdrix, 2022. The operating manual for shared living, built on interviews with 200+ organizations. Known as the industry bible. Get the book · More about this

Co-Liv Summit Report 2022 cover

Summit Report 2022 30 pages of insights, polls and market updates from ten hours of Summit '22 talks. Download the PDF

Co-Liv Summit 2022 talks and resources cover

Summit '22: Talks & Resources The full catalog of 30+ recorded talks across market updates, operations and innovation. Download the PDF

Community Facilitation Handbook cover

Community Facilitation Handbook With Conscious Coliving and Art of Co, 2021. Fifty pages on building real community in shared spaces. Via Conscious Coliving · More about this

Co-Liv Summit Report 2021 cover

Summit Report 2021 Key takeaways from the 814-person Co-Liv Summit 2021, the largest coliving conference to date. Request a copy

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Co-Liv Report 2024 45 pages on housing innovation, with contributions from MIPIM, UN-Habitat, JLL and the housing ministries of Germany and Spain. About the report · Request a copy

Who's Who in Co-Living book cover

Who's Who in Co-Living Claire Flurin and Fabrice Simondi, 2017. The first directory of coliving operators worldwide. Request a copy

Community Building Report cover

Community Building Report 2021 What 22 operators worldwide learned about the hardest job in coliving: community management. Request a copy

OTA Workshop report cover

OTA Workshop Report The Co-Liv Tech Community on booking platforms and the future of online travel agencies. Request a copy

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Coliving Insights The first coliving magazine, co-founded by the Co-Liv network in 2019. Eight editions of deep research. Read the magazine

From the Co-Liv Network journal.

A selection from the 60+ essays, interviews and announcements published on Medium between 2017 and 2021.

2018Purehouse Lab is now Co-LivAnnouncement 2018What is co-living? A crowdsourced definitionResearch 2019What is coliving? Part 1: defining the termResearch 2019A universal definition for coliving as a lifestyleResearch 2019Co-Living 3.0: what does the future look like?Essay 2019Coliving or co-living: what to useEssay 2020What's the ROI of community in coliving?Framework 20212021 trends, changes and expectations in colivingMarket 2021Portugal coliving outlook: accelerating out of the crisisMarket 2021Cushman & Wakefield partners with Co-LivAnnouncement 2021Defining the role of a community managerMastermind 2017Co-living: not just for millennialsEssay 2018The co-living space of the future: repurposed retailEssay 2020Addressing boundaries and safety in colivingRoundtable 2019Coliving for newbies: where to startGuide 2017What is shared living?Research

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The Co-Liv Podcast.

117 episodes between 2020 and 2023: conversations with the founders, designers and investors building shared living, launched by Cate Maiolini and produced with Young Global Living.

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Ten episodes to start with

2020That's the story: Fabrice Simondi on founding Co-LivOrigins 2020In conversation with Claire Flurin, co-founderOrigins 2020Is coliving dead?Debate 2020Cracking coliving's dilemma: community vs. scalabilityOperations 2020Boundaries and safety in shared livingCommunity 2021Coliving 2021 and beyond: winners, losers and the pandemicMarket 2021Gravity: scaling from zero during a global pandemicOperator story 2021Zoku Vienna and the future of the hybrid modelOperator story 2021Growth and learnings with DoveVivoOperator story 2023The Swiss market, with Marta Rocamora and Eva WhiteMarket

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