Reply #9: real housing is needed [View All]

I am not sure why there are not old-fashioned boarding houses for women like these. Something like the expensive senior homes, but on a smaller scale and simpler. Having one or two modest-sized rooms for $100 or so a month would be a great help. People used to take in boarders when they needed extra income.

We need to start housing cooperatives. The housing is out there, but often underutilized. Say an older woman lives alone in her large home; she could rent out several of the rooms at a very low cost to other women in need.

Sometime in the not-too distant future, I probably will be taking in a friend as a boarder. She is disabled and trying to live on $800/mo when her rent is $600/mo. I told her I could make her a much better deal.