Today we visit the topic of keeping financially safe when sharing housing. One way a housemate helps is in being able to break the spell of a spammer. In April 2021, we published Scams, Scammers and …
Short-Sighted Stranger Fear
This is for all the adult children worried about their parent – usually mother – living alone, who when the idea of having someone live with them is broached the child freaks out with fear. I call it …
An Odd Truth about Zoning
Ten years ago, when I was appointed a Planning Commissioner for my small town in Vermont, I had little idea of how zoning works. I jumped in because someone asked me, and it is a way to serve my town. …
Resisting Moving — It’s So Human
I have friend who owns a fourth-floor apartment in New York City. It’s a walk up. She lives alone. She’s been there for thirty years and is now in her seventies. It’s a great apartment, with access to …
Living with Grandparents: How Sarah K. Saved The Day
Sarah K. is the grandmother of Ellen Dudley, todays guest blogger and board member at Sharing Housing Inc. Ellen tells the story of how Sarah K. helped her family, when Ellen was a child and then as a …
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Sharing a Home for the Dying, Holding Space Asheville
In 2013, Erik Iverson and Gabriel Inton had the idea to create Holding Space Asheville, a shared housing solution to improve the quality of life and death for those with a terminal illness and their …
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