Here’s a story about a new older-adult housing community in Missoula, Montana. Missoula, like Cville, is a small city that is home to a public research university and rising costs of housing.

A community like this offers the convenience of urban living, built-in social connections, and relief from outside home maintenance chores. We especially like that it’s close to some day-care centers with attendant intergenerational learning opportunities.

If we had such a thing here it would be important to ensure that some units would be affordable – and we mean really affordable – so that income would not be a barrier to ownership.

Where could we do this in Cville and what would we need to make it happen?