Signal Single mothers forming shared households

Summary

This signal concerns so-called mommunes in the United States, where single mothers move in together. They share housing costs and create a sense of community for themselves and their children. Sitra cites a New York Times article from May 2023 on mothers living single together. The arrangement forms a household that is neither a couple nor a traditional nuclear family. It shows people pooling resources and care to respond to cost pressures and isolation. Sitra includes it among signals behind an imagined future article on how families may be formed in 2046.