Flip the Script on Housing

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Week Eleven: Flip the Script on Housing

Day Seventy-one

“Let your home be your mast and not your anchor.” — Kahlil Gibran

As I begin to write about flipping the script on housing, several ideas are bubbling:

· Emotional and physical stability that a house can provide.

· Alternative housing ideas with shared resources that support connection.

· A changing world that makes affordable housing a challenge.

In the conversation this week, I intend to explore co-housing, community, ancestry — nomadic lifestyles — and more.

I grew up moving from city to city as part of my father’s work promotions. As far as housing in the 60’s and 70’s, buying, and selling houses was profitable. Prices were increasing and if you moved every year or two, you could make a profit and roll that over to buy a larger, more expensive home. My parents were able to leverage their income by moving from a starter home to larger homes in wealthier neighborhoods. My father had a middle-class salary so we were what you would call, “house rich.” In America, this meant access to better schools even though we wore basic clothes that my mother sewed or bought at Sears. Nothing fancy and not in alignment with current fashions.