A New Vision for Neighborhoods That Could Fight Loneliness

These cohousing communities are fighting an epidemic of loneliness with radical neighborliness.

This video was created with Retro Report and support from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. You can view more Retro Report documentaries here.

The U.S is in the middle of an epidemic of loneliness, according to Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy. Experts caution that this loneliness may be as harmful to health as smoking. In a new video with Retro Report, we explore one possible solution: cohousing communities. Cohousing typically involves communities of privately owned single-family houses built around shared spaces. Explore this radical way to be a neighbor in the video above or read the transcript below.