“Living alone is overrated,” says Cathy, 51, who spent thirteen years of her adult life in a sweet, small, single-family house in a small town in New Hampshire near her family. She now lives with her …
Why Wait Until I’m Old? Living in Multi-Generational Housing Now
Why indeed should anyone wait to have the comforts of shared housing? Emily was living in a large house of four bedrooms, 2.5 baths. A house in which she had raised four children during marriage and …
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“I Have The Desire Of My Heart”
"I have the desire of my heart" is what Ginny says about her current living arrangement. She lives in the in-law apartment that belongs to her friend, Pam. Originally, the apartment was built for …
Sharing in Short-term Spurts
Michelle lives in Roanoke, Virginia in a house she bought a year ago. It’s a small house of 735 square feet and she rents out a room in the house. There are many ways to share housing, what's …
Accordion House
My “accordion house” is how Arnie Arnesen describes the large Queen Anne Victorian home she owns in Concord New Hampshire, the state's capitol. She calls her house an “accordion house” because it can …
Living Together Comfortably
Pat came to a talk on sharing housing that I did at her church. I had noticed an elderly woman sitting in the front row, listening intently. Afterwards, she came up to me and said, “Well that’s what I …