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 the [...]
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Four Degrees of Sharing
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 [...]
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 [...]
Active Social Life May Delay Memory Loss
Article on Healthy Aging website. From article:
“Social participation and integration have profound effects on health and well being of people during their lifetimes,” said Berkman. “We know from previous studies that people with many social ties have lower mortality rates. We now have mounting evidence that strong social networks can help to prevent declines in [...]
Writing the ad
The ad you write needs to have six types of information:
Location
Features of the room and house
Something about who you are
What you are looking for
The financial informaton
Contact information
The location is in the subject line or headline of a paper ad. The headline should also describe the basics. It is a house, apartment, and how many people [...]