Lovely Garden Home sharing started for Beth by accident. Enough of an accident that it was only when Beth heard a talk on housing options for seniors in her area, and heard “home sharing,” that …
Brian’s HomeShare
When Brian took a job at the state capitol of Montpelier Vermont, which was two hours from home, he decided to look for a homeshare situation. Through this website, he found HomeShare Now, a matching …
Renting in Cohousing
I first met Carrie on a tour of Pioneer Valley Cohousing following the Northeast Cohousing Summit. A little later, she invited me to join her and five others to bring our dinner plates from the common …
Invest in Shared Housing (How Jude Does It)
Here is an innovative idea. Invest in shared housing. This is what Jude and her husband have done. They created a shared house with six bedrooms that they rent out as a house share. They …
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Good Hearts, Crowded House
Agreements Larry and Jane,* out of the goodness of their hearts, have developed what one might call a non-intentional community. Aware of the difficulty of finding affordable housing, they’ve …
Safe Haven—Providing a Home When Needed
Deb offers a safe haven to the people she knows and trusts. Her daughter, knowing this, told a work buddy who was leaving an abusive relationship that Deb could live at her mother’s house. When she …
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