Valerie shares her home with two housemates, and finds there are many good reasons to share housing. Her house is one hour east of San Francisco in a small bedroom community. It has three bedrooms and …
Experiences of Home Sharing (and What Makes it Work)
Ellen is an experienced home sharer. She has had two experiences of home sharing as the householder (the person who has the lease) and two as a home seeker (the person who is moving into someone …
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Staying Home By Sharing Housing
Staying home in her house, but tired of living alone, widow Joyce Daniels decided to share her housing. Bringing companionship into the home is a major benefit of sharing housing. For help she was …
He Took The Plunge
"It's the best thing I've done for myself in years." This is what my friend Bruce said when I asked him how his plunge into share housing was going. He's been living with his housemate for five …
Housing – Beyond the Boomerang Effect
Where do young adults live? Last week, the Pew Research issued a report , "The Return of the Multi-Generational Family Household," drawing on an earlier study of December 2009. …
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Owning Together is a Win-Win!
Nicky says, “I believe as we age, living in community is important and it is harder to have community as an older person.” While lots of people agree with this in principle, they usually don’t act on …