How to make your senior years healthy, safe, social, and stimulating. No matter how rich life is in youth and middle age, the elder years can bring on increasing isolation and loneliness as social connections lessen, especially if friends and family members move away. Senior cohousing fills a niche for this demographic-the healthy, educated, and proactive adults who want to live in a social and environmentally vibrant community. These seniors are...

Looks into reasons why despite billions of dollars going into subsidized housing for the poor, many in need experience difficulty acquiring adequate housing. Explores racial inequality in the housing market.

"It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is truly over. Living alone in her late mother's country home, Isabel knows her life is as it should be--led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis brings his graceless new girlfriend Eva, leaving her at Isabel's doorstep as a guest, to stay for the season. Eva is Isabel's antithesis: she...

Learn about homes and the materials that go into building.

Ken Burns presents and follows the transformation of a single struggling, impoverished Atlanta neighborhood over several years as community members apply a radical holistic revitalization program to improve the lives of every resident.

"Tiffy and Leon share an apartment. Tiffy and Leon have never met. After a bad breakup, Tiffy Moore needs a place to live. Desperation makes her open minded, so she answers an ad for a flatshare. Leon, a night shift worker, will take the apartment during the day, and Tiffy can have it nights and weekends. He'll only ever be there when she's at work. In fact, they'll never even have to meet. Tiffy and Leon start writing each other notes--first about...

Larry Horton's quest to lift himself from poverty and achieve the American dream is a story filled with love, loss, and romantic redemption.

A Carpenter's Life as Told by Houses offers a unique perspective on home through the lens of twelve significant houses built over the last century. An early advocate for lean, green building practices, Larry Haun intertwines his personal journey with detailed observations of each home, inviting readers to reflect on their own connections to the places they call home. This memoir is perfect for anyone who appreciates well-crafted stories about...