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Intergenerational Living and the Future of Healthy Homes

14/04/2026

Jenny Danson

Intergenerational communal living is often described as an idealistic fringe movement, but Savannah Fishel’s work shows it is anything but. After visiting 54 communities across the US and Australia as part of her Churchill Fellowship, she brings back lessons that reach far beyond architecture and into the very heart of how we live together. What emerges is a compelling argument for treating housing as social infrastructure, something that can strengthen health, reduce loneliness and reshape the quality of life in ways our current systems rarely achieve. 

Her report, Beyond the White Picket Fence, published with Housing LIN, outlines the opportunities for the UK to learn from global practice. For the Healthy Homes Hub, her insights resonate deeply. They challenge our sector to rethink what ‘quality’ in housing truly means and to acknowledge that the social fabric of a neighbourhood is as important as the building fabric of a home. 

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