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Radio 4,29 Mar 2023,14 mins

SeriesRental Health: Solutions

Communal Living

Rental Health

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As the cost of rent continues to rise across the UK, Kirsty Lang looks for solutions. The third in a series of five programmes exploring some radical alternatives. Communal housing has moved on since the days of hippy communes in the 60s and 70s. Kirsty talks to founders of communal living and co-housing in San Francisco, Vienna and Leeds, and finds a way of life that brings people together.

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