SHARED HOUSING
More than just a place to live...

For a growing number of persons faced with losing their independence and struggling to keep housing costs within their budget, shared housing is an affordable and viable alternative.

A home sharer might be a senior citizen, a person with disabilities, a working professional, someone at-risk of homelessness, a single parent, an AIDS patient, or simply a person wishing to share his or her life and home with others. For these people, shared housing offers companionship, affordable housing, security, mutual support and much more.

Shared living has been known to enhance the health and well-being of all people and allows people to remain independent in their home. Home Sharing also preserves neighborhoods, creates an affordable housing and saves housing and healthcare dollars.

Shared housing programs fall into one of two categories:
Match-up programs, which help home providers find a compatible home seeker to pay rent or possibly provide services in exchange for a reduction in rent; and shared living residences, which involve a number of people living cooperatively as an unrelated family in a large dwelling.

To receive information about programs in your area please visit the NSHRC Information Tab on our website to email a Regional Coordinator. To answer general questions about shared housing, please feel free to email any of the NSHRC Board of Directors:

Jacqueline Grossmann (Co-President) jackie@interfaithhousingcenter.org

Eva Gertzfeld (Co-President) eva@centerofconcern.org

Kirby Dunn (Vice-President) home@sover.net

Laura Fanucchi (Treasurer) lfanucchi@hiphousing.org

Jan Arps (Secretary) janarps@umich.edu

Updates and comments related to the web site can be sent to lfanucchi@HIPHousing.org.