For episode forty-six, I spoke with Annamarie Pluhar who runs a nonprofit organization named Sharing Housing. She is the author of a book titled “Sharing Housing: A Guidebook for Finding and Keeping Good Housemates” which extols the virtues of sharing housing and provides practical advice on how to find compatible housemates. Earlier this year I posted a blog article where I estimated that the number of empty bedrooms in Boulder is approximately 30,000 using census data. Recently Boulder city council updated the occupancy restrictions which could potentially make it easier to make better use of those empty bedrooms. I think now is a great time to pivot from occupancy reform to thinking about vacancy reform. This episode is the first in a series that I hope to produce addressing the need to make better use of our available housing stock and practical strategies for doing so. In my conversation with Annamarie, she details five benefits of sharing housing and shares strategies for finding a good housemate. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Annamarie Pluhar.