Cohousing is a community-led housing paradigm in which intentional, self-governing communities live together. Usually, this means developments of private dwellings with shared communal spaces.
https://sydneycohousing.au/about-cohousing/
In Creating Cohousing, Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett write:
Cohousing developments vary in size, location, type of ownership, design, and priorities. Yet in our research we identified six common characteristics:
Participatory Process: Residents organize and participate in the planning and design process for the cohousing community, and are responsible as a group for all final decisions.
Designs that Facilitate Community: The physical design encourages a strong sense of community.
Extensive Common Facilities: An integral part of the community, common areas are designed for daily use, to supplement private living areas.
Complete Resident Management: Residents manage the development themselves, making decisions of common concern at community meetings.
Non-Hierarchal Structure: Responsibility for decisions is shared by the community’s adults.
Separate Income Sources: Residents have their own primary incomes. The community does not directly generate income for its residents, nor (with rare exception) do its residents share income from community-owned retail or office spaces. All the residents pay a monthly fee, in addition to membership dues, to a homeowners’ association to cover shared costs, as is typical of a condominium arrangement.