Annamarie Pluhar: Shared Housing Doesnt Have to Be Scary

Published: Feb. 28, 2022, 10 a.m.

Today on the Strong Towns Podcast, host Chuck Marohn is speaking with special guest Annamarie Pluhar. Pluhar is an expert on co-housing and shared housing, and is the author of the book Sharing Housing: A Guidebook for Finding and Keeping Good Housemates.\nDespite the fact that practically the entire nation is experiencing a housing crisis, 27% of homes in the U.S. are single occupancy. In other words, one in four adults lives alone, and this is a serious cause of social isolation for many people. Shared housing can be a solution not only for addressing our scarcity of housing, but also for relieving psychological distress for a significant portion of the population.\nA Strong Town should have many different options for housing. Pluhar shares her expertise on how we can begin including co-housing among those choices, and how the transition to shared housing doesn\u2019t have to be intimidating for individuals.\nAdditional Show Notes\n\nRead Annamarie Pluhar\u2019s book, Sharing Housing: A Guidebook for Finding and Keeping Good Housemates\n\n\nSharing Housing, Inc. website\n\n\nCharles Marohn (Twitter)