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Local volunteer proposes home-sharing program to ease Port Angeles housing pressure
Summary
Retired physician Nancy Stephens outlined a home-sharing model to match homeowners and lower-cost renters, described a potential platform (Nestorly) and asked council and local partners to help recruit hosts and a partner agency.
Nancy Stephens, a retired physician and volunteer counselor, presented a proposal to the Port Angeles City Council to expand home-sharing as a near-term strategy to increase affordable housing options for seniors, working households and others struggling with housing costs.
Stephens told the council that home sharing means renting a bedroom in an occupied home and sharing common space for a lower monthly rent, sometimes in exchange for services such as lawn care or companionship. "Home sharing means that you rent a bedroom out of your house that you live…
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