Good points, Zoe. I had thought co-housing encompassed shared housing, so you have educated me there.

By the way, my mother had a time when she lived in a shared housing situation after she was divorced from my father and then lost all the money she'd taken from the marriage in a failed business venture.

It was a hugely tough time for her, as you not doubt can imagine, and when she lost everything including her house and car to the bankruptcy that followed the failed business venture, I am certainly glad she was able to pick herself back up via finding a job and a friend who was willing to share her house with her.
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