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Women who live together

With Luxembourg’s housing market perpetually in crisis, alternative modes of living are emerging. Delano takes a look at women and single mothers who choose to create communities together and the organisations supporting their plans.

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What is Critical Mass? The group advocates for cycling safety and is best known for its monthly community rides, held the last Friday of the month. Anna Fox, who rode in the event on 30 April 2021, spoke with Daniel Erpelding, one of Critical Mass Luxembourg organisers, about why he got involved and what the group aims to accomplish. Anna Fox: Why are you doing this? Daniel Erpelding: I have always loved cycling, but it was during my time as a student in Aachen that I realised that the bicycle is the most useful vehicle when you live and work in a city. Even after my father bought me a car, I found it quite useless, since there were too few opportunities for parking. Back in Luxembourg, I had the same problem: I had a car, but my first employer had no reliable parking space, so I switched to using a combination of car, train and my bicycle.

Flat share as a makeshift solution

Published on 14 Apr. 2021 Switch to German for original article Life asbl s WG Projet took off in 2020. For most residents, however, this form of housing is an involuntary choice, even if living together works well in most cases. The association responsible for the project wants to create more affordable living space in this way. Occasionally, however, there are hurdles in the process. Anne-Cécile knows what it’s like to live in a shared apartment. Many years ago, she experienced it in Belgium. “At the time, it was a conscious choice. I like that lifestyle.” Today, it is her life circumstances that were instrumental in the 39-year-old Belgian sharing a house near the German border with three roommates. About two years ago, her marriage fell apart. After a burnout several years earlier, she had given up her job and since then had been taking care of her daughter, who is now eight years old. Anne-Cécile initially started looking for an apartment. But without a permanen