You need to keep your eyes wide open when you decide that living with a home-mate is what you want to do. Our whole approach to selecting a home-mate is designed to help you notice and see whether and …
Safe with a Housemate?
During this time of Covid-19, it might make you wonder is living with a housemate safe? In some respects, I consider myself lucky I live alone. Why do I say this when we at Sharing Housing advocate …
‘Til Death Do Us Part?
A little over a year ago, I contemplated moving back to California to be with my friend Natasha, who had been diagnosed with ALS. We would mutually help each other out financially, but also be there …
That’s How I Do Things
I have a good friend who comes to visit often. She arrives in a whirlwind of activity for a three day visit and has packed enough for a month-long stay. She brings so much food that it can feed a …
The Case of the Leaning Commode
I currently live alone in a 100-year-old, two-family house. I live in the downstairs apartment, which is quite large and reasonably comfortable, but it comes with some issues. The major one is that …
CoAbode: Single Mothers House Sharing
Carmel Boss, future founder of CoAbode: Single Mothers House Sharing, found herself after her divorce facing high housing costs, juggling childcare and work with little to no help at all. Anxious …
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