ABSTRACT
This chapter describes a number of alternatives to standard market rate housing, such as modest bungalows and other types of houses found in "pocket neighborhoods"; rural and urban cohousing, and their subset senior cohousing; and various types of affordable homes, including detached, semidetached; and fully attached housing. The relatively high densities achievable in pocket neighborhoods reduce the amount of runoff per dwelling, a primary goal of watershed planning. Among Charles Durrett's greatest insights is that cohousing, like pocket neighborhoods, can be incorporated into larger, conventional developments and that doing so "energizes the whole." In other words, cohousing is not limited to stand-alone sites but can be designed as an integral part of otherwise standard neighborhood plans, broadening housing choices and helping to mainstream this innovative concept. The chapter discusses some of creative "bridges"—compact neighborhood layouts, two-family house design, multifamily dwellings, community involvement, accessory dwellings, preserving affordability, "affordable limited development", and mixed uses.
