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Home sharing with a pensioner to save on rent

THE Home Share is based on the concept of two people sharing a home for their mutual benefit. In ...

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12.57 20 Dec 2019


Home sharing with a pensioner to save on rent


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12.57 20 Dec 2019


THE Home Share is based on the concept of two people sharing a home for their mutual benefit.

In this case, widow Colette Conway has opened her home to young professional, David Donnelly, who's been struggling to find a place to live, due to record rents.

Newstalk reporter, Aideen Finnegan, has caught up with the pair as well as CEO Lucie Cunningham, who tells us how the not-for-profit organisation works.


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Aideen Finnegan Colette Conway David Donnelly Home Sharing Irish Radio Loneliness Lucie Cunningham Newstalk OAP B&B Radio Record Rents Social Isolation THE Home Share The Pat Kenny Show

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