Annamarie Pluhar: Shared Housing Doesnt Have to Be Scary

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

b'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)'