General Article ‘It’s like family’: the Swedish housing experiment designed to cure loneliness

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A radical new scheme offers homes to different ages and backgrounds – and insists that they (safely) mingle.

By Derek Robertson

Erik Ahlsten is unequivocal. ‘This is the best accommodation I’ve ever had.’ His friend and neighbour Manfred Bacharach...

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