Our Homes: Other Ways to Solve the Housing Crisis

What if the answers to our housing crisis weren’t locked in government policy or developer margins —but already being built, quietly, by communities across the world?

In Our Homes, eco-builder and broadcaster Harrison Gardner explores inspiring, practical responses to the housing crisis—rooted not in a single solution, but in a diversity of approaches. From cooperative housing and land trusts to shared equity models and modular design, this book reveals how a patchwork of community-led ideas is already shaping a more hopeful future.

Part handbook, part call to action, Our Homes is a concise and accessible guide for anyone seeking to reimagine where and how we live. Because solving the housing crisis won’t come from one fix—but from many. And it won’t just be about building houses. It will be about building the kind of future we want to come home to.

About the author
Harrison Gardner is an eco-builder, teacher, and broadcaster dedicated to making sustainable living accessible, practical, and inspiring. With two decades of hands-on building experience across the globe, he is the founder of Common Knowledge, a social enterprise in Ireland that empowers people with the skills to build and live more sustainably. Harrison is the presenter of Build Your Own Home on RTÉ and the author of Build Your Own, a best-selling guide for self-builders. Through his writing, teaching, and media work, he champions community-driven solutions to the big challenges of our time—starting with the homes we live in. He believes in people—their ability to learn, to adapt, and to become and create the very solutions they are so desperately seeking.