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Cohousing Starts with Consent

by Peter Burke // November 14, 2025  

Your First Step Toward Living in Community

What would it look like to live in a space where power is shared, decisions are made with care, and your “voice” actually gets heard?

That’s the heart of community, especially intentional community such as ecovillages, cohousing or coliving, and why so many people exploring fairer futures are turning to shared living as part of their personal transformation.

But getting there isn’t easy.
Most people spend years stuck in idea mode, overwhelmed by logistics, usually with the wrong people or disconnected from others, and unclear if they’re even ready.

That’s why ReThink Living created The Foundation Programme: a hands-on, low-cost-low risk way to remove hundreds of hours of unknowns in creating or joining a cohousing or coliving community.

What You’ll Get

  • A complete Vision & Funding Blueprint tailored to your life
  • Expert-led sessions covering legal, financial and design essentials
  • Guidance to help you find values-aligned people (and spot red flags early)
  • Support to decide if shared ownership and community life really fit
  • A private online space to connect and build at your own pace

Your first session is completely free — no commitment, just clarity.

And if you do join, it’s only £150 per household (introductory offer).

Why This Matters Now

Cohousing is more than a lifestyle change — it’s a shift in how we relate to each other.

It’s consent in action: how decisions are made, who gets to speak, and how we resolve tension without power-over dynamics.

It’s also a way to live with more connection, more care, and more choice — in line with the very principles we explore at A Fairer Society through sociocracy, cooperative governance, and healthy power.

Our friend Heartward Cohousing is a testament to what’s possible when a group of people is willing to fight for their dream.

They did it, they secured their first co-op homes and proved the system could be beaten.

Ready to explore?

Your future community doesn’t start with land.

It starts with consent, clarity, and the courage to take the first step.

Peter Burke
Co-Founder A Fairer Society at A Fairer Society

Peter has a vision of living in a fairer society, where there's plenty to go around, where everyone has a voice in the issues that affect them, and where humans thrive togther. Peter is an expert in cohousing, coliving, property and property funding.

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