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Decades of Friendship: Retiring in One House

The “two Nancys” share a house outside NYC.  Paula Span tells their story in her blog at The New York Times. The Nancys were friends for years, part of a birthday group, and when one Nancy was ready to retire asked, “Who is ready to share a house with me?”  The other Nancy said, “I [...]

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Four Degrees of Sharing

Authors and attorneys, Janelle Orsi and Emily Doskow, have developed a model they call “four degrees of sharing”. The first degree requires minimal cooperation and no planning, while the fourth degree requires extensive cooperation and long-term planning. The whole model can be read here: They assign sharing rental housing or a single family home to [...]

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The Time Has Come?

At a conference in the summer of 2009, home sharing was declared “An idea whose time has come”. But this is not a new idea. It is an old, old way of living. History is full of examples of individuals sharing housing. Farm helpers lived on the farm. Teachers and preachers boarded with families. Servants [...]

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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 [...]

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