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The Kitchen – Independent or Communal?

In sharing housing, the kitchen is the center. Everyone has to eat. Few people have the money to eat all their meals out. So how do you share a kitchen?
The easiest is to have separate food. This avoids conflict around shopping, meals, cooking, meal times, tastes, guests, money, etc.  The refrigerator can be divided so [...]

Dutch House Rules

Here is some excellent advice. It’s good anytime you are sharing housing whether as a resident or as a house guest.
I read them on a tile in a wonderful house in Western Massachusetts. I gather from a little Web exploration that there are other versions. This one seems very good to me.
If you open it, [...]

NPR Day-to-Day Report on HomeShare

NPR (National Public Radio)  discusses the growth of home sharing arrangements in the US. This three-minute piece describes the Vermont HomeShare program and the success of two different arrangments.