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What’s so wrong with shared housing? The answer is nothing.
Shared housing is a completely normal and accepted living situation. Families share housing while raising kids. Roommates share housing, especially in major cities with extremely tight rental markets. College students share housing while attending school together. Shared housing is so common now that it is often considered a luxury to be able to live alone, even for people with higher incomes.
Yet for people entering housing after experiencing homelessness, shared housing is often not viewed as the beneficial, go-to solution that it should be.
Read the full article about shared housing by Mindy Mitchell at National Alliance to End Homelessness.