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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