The blogpost written by Liat Rogel and Chiara Gambarana for Co-Lab Research reports on how a few selected collaborative housing projects reacted to the covid19 emergency, exploring patwhays to maintain social ties and proximity without being phisically together, when it became imperative to rethink shared, communal spaces. Amongst the other forms of solidarity and social resilience, the blogpost reports on neighbourly care and local purchasing networks, strengthening communities.