Annamarie Pluhar: Shared Housing Doesn’t Have to Be Scary

<p>Today on the Strong Towns Podcast, host Chuck Marohn is speaking with special guest Annamarie Pluhar. Pluhar is an expert on <a href='https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2022/2/9/where-does-cohousing-fit-in-the-housing-ecosystem'>co-housing</a> and shared housing, and is the author of the book <a href='https://sharinghousing.com/finding-keeping-good-housemates/'>Sharing Housing: A Guidebook for Finding and Keeping Good Housemates</a>.</p> <p>Despite the fact that practically the entire nation is experiencing a <a href='https://actionlab.strongtowns.org/hc/en-us/sections/360012718931-Housing-5-Topics-'>housing crisis</a>, 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 <a href='https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/tag/Social+Isolation'>social isolation</a> 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.</p> <p>A 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’t have to be intimidating for individuals.</p> Additional Show Notes <ul><li> <p>Read Annamarie Pluhar’s book, <a href='https://sharinghousing.com/finding-keeping-good-housemates/'>Sharing Housing: A Guidebook for Finding and Keeping Good Housemates</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href='https://sharinghousing.com/online-courses/'>Sharing Housing, Inc.</a> website</p> </li> <li> <p><a href='https://twitter.com/clmarohn'>Charles Marohn (Twitter)</a></p> </li> </ul>