Charles "Chuck" Durrett is an American architect and author based in Nevada City, California.

[1] Cohousing is a type of intentional community composed of small private homes with full kitchens, supplemented by extensive common facilities.

[3][4] According to an American Association of Retired Persons representative, senior cohousing is "very interesting niche housing" that is needed as an option.

This includes a United Nation's World Habitat Award in 2001 for the East Lake Commons Conservation Community project in Atlanta, Georgia.

Since 2009, he has been advocating for senior cohousing, beginning in August of that year, with a book signing tour in ten western U.S.