Home Sharing for Older Adults

Discover the growing trend among adults 55+ that addresses affordability and social connectedness! 

Justin Ellerby President of the National Shared Housing Resource Center a network of independent non-profit homesharing programs across the United States.  

• email
• https://nationalsharedhousing.org/

Lesia R. Bullock & Michele Higgs from Housing Initiative Partnership (HIP), a nonprofit housing developer and counseling agency operating a Home Sharing Program in Montgomery County, MD.

• https://hiphomes.org/
• Lesia R. Bullock 
• Michele Higgs 

Chat Transcript

12:12:55     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Community : https://hiphomes.org/

12:13:48     From  Michelle Nowak   to   Hosts and panelists : I can see it

12:13:50     From  kathleen macleod   to   Hosts and panelists : it’s visible to me

12:14:17     From  Michelle Nowak   to   Hosts and panelists : Michele it may have gotten reduced, check at bottom.

12:17:26     From  Steven Katz : here's the relevant page on that site-https://hiphomes.org/counseling-and-education/home-sharing/

12:18:36     From  Steven Katz : National Shared Housing Research Center - https://nationalsharedhousing.org/

12:18:41     From  Jane West Walsh   to   Hosts and panelists : Who can do this in Pikesville where I live - I’m creating homeshare space in my townhouse now… who can help me plan and make a match?

12:18:45     From  kathleen macleod : Is there an income requirement to participate- for both parties?

12:19:35     From  Steven Katz : HomeShare American River - https://www.homeshareamericanriver.org/

12:20:15     From  Annie Shaw : is there a home sharing organization for Prince George's residents (yes, the HIP organization is in Hyattsville, but, do you outreach in PG?)

12:21:48     From  Michele Higgs   to   Hosts and panelists : There is no income requirement, the homeowner simply has to reside full-time in their home in Mntgomery  County; hte home seeker can come from anywhere

12:21:52     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Community : he National Shared Housing Resource Center (NSHRC) https://nationalsharedhousing.org/

12:21:59     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Community : From Michele Higgs to All Panelists 12:21 PM

There is no income requirement, the homeowner simply has to reside full-time in their home in Mntgomery  County; hte home seeker can come from anywhere

12:25:09     From  Justin Ellerby : https://nationalsharedhousing.org/for-organizations/program-criteria/

12:25:10     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Community : HOMESHARING PROGRAM DIRECTORY https://nationalsharedhousing.org/program-directory/

12:25:32     From  Steven Katz : IMO, a hybrid Home Sharing/Cohousing model can help solve the affordability/diversity dilemma that plagues the cohousing movement.

12:25:46     From  Mary Findley : Wold LOVE to have a program in Ohio especially Hamilton County-Cincinnati!

12:26:22     From  kathleen macleod : Is there a contract between the homeowner and the home seeker?

12:27:05     From  Michele Higgs   to   Hosts and panelists : Yes, for the

12:27:07     From  Michele Higgs   to   Hosts and panelists : Montgomery

12:27:08     From  Steven Katz : There's a major market rate developer here in Lexington, KY that's exploring home sharing for seniors - https://andersoncommunities.com/golden-oaks-senior-living/

12:27:24     From  Michele Higgs   to   Hosts and panelists : Yes, for the Montgomery County homme

12:28:36     From  Jane West Walsh : I’m in Pikesville MD looking to create homeshare in my townhouse- if you are interested in doing this also let’s connect via NextDoor app

12:29:06     From  Renee Dunham   to   Hosts and panelists : Is there assistance for an able elder to find home housing with a young or middle aged family?  Living alone  in an apartment (as I do) feels unnatural after a lifetime of family life.  I am attending to the Solo Aging social possibilities, but a home setting really appeals to me.

12:29:19     From  Michele Higgs   to   Hosts and panelists : sharing program, we help parties create a lease and a rental agreement -- for periods of 6 months to 1 year.

12:31:50     From  Justin Ellerby : https://sharinghousing.com/

12:34:38     From  Mary-Elizabeth Harmon : What are your experiences with folks not offering space in their homes for fear of losing benefits, like Medicaid?

12:37:24     From  kathleen macleod : What happens if it doesn’t work out? Can you be removed from the house; can you remove the person from your house?

12:37:25     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Community : From Michele Higgs to All Panelists 12:29 PM

sharing program, we help parties create a lease and a rental agreement -- for periods of 6 months to 1 year.

12:38:56     From  Jane West Walsh : Can Michele help if I’m outside your county?

12:39:13     From  Mary Findley   to   Hosts and panelists : What kind of commission $ does the typical HIP organization require of the homeowner and/or renter?

12:39:18     From  Jonathan Bell   to   Hosts and panelists : New to the home sharing concept. How much does bartering play into the model? For example reducing rent for an individual in exchange for some light home maintenance/yard work or even IADL support for the older adult home owner.

12:39:35     From  Jane West Walsh : Are your leases available to others to learn from?

12:40:46     From  Tim Ketchmark   to   Hosts and panelists : How do you plan for the unexpected event that the principal homeowner either needs to relocate, or if an elderly homeowner needs to go into assisted living?

12:40:57     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Community : Rebuilding Together https://rebuildingtogether.org/

12:42:36     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Community   to   Jane West Walsh and all panelists : Here is a program in Baltimore you might look into  St. Ambrose Homesharing

Match-up Homesharing Program

http://www.stambrosehousing.org

Address: Baltimore, MD

Phone: 410.366.8550

Contact: Shalawn James

Email: shalawnj@stambros.org

Notes: Non-profit match service matching homeowners with compatible tenants to rent a room.

12:43:16     From  Justin Ellerby : St. Ambrose's Shalawn is one of my fellow NSHRC Board Members!

12:49:29     From  Linda Nelson   to   Hosts and panelists : Have you found that condo associations are amenable to their condo owners participating in a home sharing experience?

12:49:58     From  Justin Ellerby : In my experience, condos/HOAs often strictly forbid renting out rooms!

12:50:45     From  Jane West Walsh : Is there any examples you know of that offers to match folks needing housing temporarily to get medical services in an area hospital so they need housing to live in temporarily for themselves or plus one helping care for them?

12:51:29     From  Justin Ellerby : Re: "How do you plan for the unexpected event that the principal homeowner either needs to relocate, or if an elderly homeowner needs to go into assisted living?"

It's very hard to plan for, and has happened several times for us at HSAR!  We do A LOT to encourage transparency and honerst amonfg all parties, but sometimes folks are cagey about their health, or even in self-denial

12:51:51     From  Jane West Walsh : Ie coming to Hopkins Hospital for treatment for 3 months

12:52:40     From  kathleen macleod : How does the homeowner report the “income” received from the home seeker?  (is it taxable income?)

12:52:54     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Community : Homeshare International is a worldwide network of professionals who run homeshare programmes.

Contact us. https://homeshare.org/

12:57:30     From  Jonathan Bell   to   Hosts and panelists : Do you provide APS reporting info to program participants?

13:01:35     From  Jean Ivory : What wonderful program! After my husband passed 7 years ago, I persuaded my son & his wife to share my home. We have all been happy together. They are now my caretakers. I am 84 and am very active with AARP and the Senior Ctr.

13:01:55     From  Justin Ellerby : justin@homeshareamericanriver.org

13:05:41     From  Justin Ellerby : Great comments and questions!!!  Thaks, everyone!

13:05:43     From  Betty Bahadori : This was a terrific intro for me. Thank you.

13:05:59     From  Julie Rose   to   Hosts and panelists : Thank you!  Exciting and informative!

13:06:06     From  Michelle Nowak : Thank you!!