In the Netherlands, university students can have their rent covered in exchange for spending quality time with the elderly. By breaking out of cliquey in-groups and crossing generational barriers, young people are making an asset of their spare time, and the skills native to their age group.

Learning a language can be expensive, dull and lacking in cultural context, while living in a retirement home can be lonely. But now, a Brazilian language school's 'Speaking Exchange' project is mutually helping kids and grannies from US care homes through one intuitive campaign.

Gen Yers have swapped suburbia for city life in their version of the American Dream. But with skyrocketing rent costs, shrinking square footage and a lonesome lifestyle, urban living isn’t always easy. Commonspace is a living solution for some of the sore spots of city life.

One in four Britons will be renting by 2021 but with the average rental in London over £1,200, Londoners are having to get creative with housing. Dot Dot Dot is a property guardianship that encourages community spirit, but what are the motivations for becoming a property guardian?