Would You Open Your Home to a Stranger in Exchange for Help With Housing Costs and Chores?
How the Strategy Is Changing Aging in Place
Faced with a tightening budget last summer, retired bishop Willard Schultz turned to a long-running home-sharing program on a friend's recommendation—a service that pairs seniors with spare space with roommates in search of affordable housing.
Just a couple of months later—following a thorough matching and vetting process by the New York Foundation for Senior Citizens, the octogenarian welcomed a 22-year-old recent Columbia University graduate working as a tutor into his sunny, three-bedroom rent-controlled apartment in the Washington Heights section of New York City.
"He's very personable and it's a system that works, and I think it should be expanded all over the country," Schultz tells Realtor.com®.
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