When most people hear the phrase "intentional community" they immediately think of individuals all purchasing home on land together, living in community based on certain principles, they might think about spiritual communities, or perhaps even hippies and communes. In short, they end up thinking about people who either have enough money to live exactly the way they want to, or they think about people who are choosing to live in certain highly principled ways. However, if you're living in affordable housing New York then it might be that you could benefit from a little bit of intentional community from your neighbors. After all, community is more than just the people who live around us, it is the people who we interact with, who help us out when times are hard and who celebrate together in times of joy.