The sharing economy has made it possible for people to extract new value from peer-to-peer rentals of their homes, cars and other items. But what if the products themselves were designed and built specifically for the sharing economy instead of re-purposed and “hacked” to make them sharable? That’s the idea with Collaborative Housing Group LLC, a
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In the ’80s America fell in love with Blanche, Dorothy, Rose and Sophia — characters from the NBC comedy “The Golden Girls.” The sitcom about four older women living together in a Miami house ran for seven seasons. And their model of living — elderly folks sharing a house — is growing in popularity. Alternatives
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Age UK Oxfordshire is surveying older people in the Oxford area to gather opinions about a homecare scheme which could see older people matched with younger students looking for accommodation. The intergenerational scheme will identify older people who are willing to offer their spare room to a younger student in exchange for low levels of
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