{"id":2696,"date":"2026-05-08T15:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=2696"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:02:12","slug":"strangers-to-family-southern-california-senior-citizens-lean-into-home-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=2696","title":{"rendered":"Strangers to family: Southern California senior citizens lean into home-sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><ul><div><div><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Silvia Salazar, right, speaks with her mother, Ester, left, and...\" class=\"wp-image-2691\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/23bb69771edf96866e98e91d66819862-1024x682.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/23bb69771edf96866e98e91d66819862-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/23bb69771edf96866e98e91d66819862-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/23bb69771edf96866e98e91d66819862-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/23bb69771edf96866e98e91d66819862-1536x1023.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/23bb69771edf96866e98e91d66819862.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Silvia Salazar, right, speaks with her mother, Ester, left, and housemate Darlene Hastings at their home in South Gate on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Housemates, from left, Darlene Hastings, Silvia Salazar, and her mother...\" class=\"wp-image-2692\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/245f69e0fcdb1c6e30127cf4406f82d6-1024x601.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/245f69e0fcdb1c6e30127cf4406f82d6-1024x601.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/245f69e0fcdb1c6e30127cf4406f82d6-300x176.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/245f69e0fcdb1c6e30127cf4406f82d6-768x451.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/245f69e0fcdb1c6e30127cf4406f82d6-1536x902.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/245f69e0fcdb1c6e30127cf4406f82d6.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Housemates, from left, Darlene Hastings, Silvia Salazar, and her mother Ester Salazar share a meal at their home in South Gate on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Silvia Salazar holds their pet chicken, Pearl, in the backyard...\" class=\"wp-image-2693\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8c37d1694beb99b74b8180ccd14de9d7-1024x682.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8c37d1694beb99b74b8180ccd14de9d7-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8c37d1694beb99b74b8180ccd14de9d7-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8c37d1694beb99b74b8180ccd14de9d7-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8c37d1694beb99b74b8180ccd14de9d7-1536x1023.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8c37d1694beb99b74b8180ccd14de9d7.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Silvia Salazar holds their pet chicken, Pearl, in the backyard of their home in South Gate on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Darlene Hastings, right, pours tea for her elderly housemate, Ester...\" class=\"wp-image-2694\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c3dbef08985a1d23885e7d512fb7af9b-1024x750.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c3dbef08985a1d23885e7d512fb7af9b-1024x750.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c3dbef08985a1d23885e7d512fb7af9b-300x220.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c3dbef08985a1d23885e7d512fb7af9b-768x562.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c3dbef08985a1d23885e7d512fb7af9b-1536x1125.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c3dbef08985a1d23885e7d512fb7af9b.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Darlene Hastings, right, pours tea for her elderly housemate, Ester Salazar, as they prepare to have dinner at their home in South Gate on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Silvia Salazar, right, helps her mother,\u00c2\u00a0Ester, walk to the diner...\" class=\"wp-image-2695\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/801fe7f44f5fd7cc186a49649c0d90e8-1024x682.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/801fe7f44f5fd7cc186a49649c0d90e8-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/801fe7f44f5fd7cc186a49649c0d90e8-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/801fe7f44f5fd7cc186a49649c0d90e8-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/801fe7f44f5fd7cc186a49649c0d90e8-1536x1023.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/801fe7f44f5fd7cc186a49649c0d90e8.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Silvia Salazar, right, helps her mother,\u00a0Ester, walk to the diner table at their home in South Gate on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><\/div><\/div><\/ul><div><div>Silvia Salazar, right, speaks with her mother, Ester, left, and housemate Darlene Hastings at their home in South Gate on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><span>Expand<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Every morning, Darlene Hastings, a 55-year-old retired postal worker, makes a pot of coffee strong enough to wake her roommates Silvia Salazar, 52, and Ester Salazar, 92, and ready the household for a day of reading, puzzles, television, Spanish practice and cooking.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=2689\">UCLA football gives fans a preview in Spring Game at Rose Bowl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The trio came to be housemates during the Covid-19 pandemic, when Silvia was still traveling between Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., for work in cancer research. She wanted someone to be with her mother at their shared South Gate home. Regular companionship, she figured, would help Ester and their miniature black chicken, Pearl, during those work trips.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had this room in my house, and I thought, \u2018I wonder what exists out there that can provide support?\u2019 \u201d Silvia recalled. \u201cIt seemed like it was too good to be true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With help from the nonprofit Affordable Living for the Aging, she met Hastings, whose own long-term roommate had moved away, bringing her to the organization in search of affordable housing.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly six years into their arrangement with Silvia now retired, the roommates have settled into a comfortable routine that affords them stable housing in Southern California\u2019s high-priced landscape. Their living arrangement is also part of what experts see as a potential solution for the region\u2019s affordable housing crisis.<\/p>\n<h4>The rise of elder roommates<\/h4>\n<p>If you spend any time on social media, the quest to \u201crent a room\u201d has made its way to senior citizens, many of whom are priced out of apartments or assisted living facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The West Hollywood-based Affordable Living for the Aging, which has been matching homeowners with low-income room seekers since 1978, has seen its program participation rise 60% in two years, according to Maureen Tuohy, the nonprofit\u2019s marketing and development manager.<\/p>\n<p>The ALA program connects a homeowner who\u2019s willing to share their living space with another person for companionship, rent or support services.<span> Akin to the old-fashioned boarding houses where property owners rented rooms to tenants on a more temporary basis, the long-term home-sharing setup has become increasingly popular for renters seeking more affordable ways to live.<\/span><\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To meet the rising need, senior home-sharing programs are expanding in Southern California, helping bridge two demographics that are key to solving the housing crisis, experts say. According to the National Shared Housing Resource Center, there are almost 20 such organizations in the state, and at least 50 across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Margot Kushel, director of UC San Francisco\u2019s Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, says seniors with and without property represent two sides of the housing coin \u2014 the \u201chaves\u201d and the \u201chave-nots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While affluent baby boomers own the majority of Southern California\u2019s housing inventory, Kushel\u2019s research found that seniors make up nearly half of all single homeless people and are also the fastest growing group among all residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Baby boomers] are a generation with a ton of bad luck,\u201d Kushel said.<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Those generational knocks include the Great Recession, loss of worker benefits and protections, and the rising disparity between incomes and cost of living, all of which have pushed seniors into homelessness, she said. Balancing fixed pensions or Social Security benefits with high living costs is another constant challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Southern California\u2019s rental prices surpass the national average by more than 60%, according to Apartment List, with one-bedroom units listed for at least $2,000 per month in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties, and at least $1,500 in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.<\/p>\n<p>According to the 2020 Census, California is home to about 6.5 million people over the age of 65, about 16.5% of the state\u2019s total population. A follow-up survey in 2022 found that about half of those individuals lived in a household experiencing poverty.<\/p>\n<p>The California Department of Aging predicts that by 2030, for the first time in the state\u2019s history, older adults will outnumber those under 18. And by 2040, its older adult population is projected to reach 11.4 million \u2014 about 28% of the total population.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, AARP found costs for long-term senior care services and supports increased by almost 50% between 2019 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to mitigating economic hardships, Kushel said that seniors entering home-sharing programs help take the pressure off limited supportive housing developments that could go to other vulnerable individuals.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=2688\">Angels\u2019 Yusei Kikuchi to be shut down for 3-4 weeks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything we can do to better use our housing stock is a good thing,\u201d Kushel said. \u201cAny way that we can have fewer empty bedrooms and more density of housing is a great thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also see:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2022\/10\/02\/home-sharing-backyard-cottages-and-renting-out-rooms-help-seniors-find-housing-solutions\/<\/p>\n<p>In turning spare bedrooms into another housing option below market rate, they also offer those struggling to stay housed with one more choice. More choice, Kushel has learned, is essential in helping individuals find housing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the biggest lessons from home-sharing is that choice matters,\u201d Kushel said. \u201cPeople should have some agency over who it is that they live with.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Home-sharing expands across Southern California<\/h4>\n<p>Choice is what Huntington Beach-based business founder Simone Kelly has emphasized in her company Seniornicity, which launched in 2024. Among the senior services offered is \u201cpresence-based\u201d home-sharing, a housing model that pairs empty-nesters with roommates to fill spare rooms, boost money streams and bring in companionship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not about kicking seniors out of their homes. It\u2019s about how we utilize the space that they\u2019re using right now,\u201d Kelly said.<\/p>\n<p>According to a 2026 Redfin study, seniors live in their homes for an average 12 years, but in the Los Angeles metropolitan area that encompasses Orange County and part of the Inland Empire, that number is closer to 20 years. This demographic owns 10% more of the housing supply than millennials, too.<\/p>\n<p>With a background in estate sales, Kelly regularly took notice of homes with upstairs spaces that endured years of neglect as their aging residents only made use of ground floors. She says using that inventory to bridge the challenges of loneliness and affordability is gaining traction in her business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also see:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2022\/10\/02\/as-southern-californians-grow-old-housing-will-be-scarce-solutions-pitfalls-are-already-here\/<\/p>\n<p>Kelly\u2019s website charges over a dozen of providers, some of whom are property managers that can oversee home-sharing, to offer their services there. Free to seniors and a goal of serving one million seniors a year across the country, she hopes to make change in the market.<\/p>\n<p>Other initiatives are taking a community-centric approach, like Love Costa Mesa\u2019s Home Sharing Program, which is aimed at seniors in the city where they make up about half of all homeowners, according to the 2020 Census. Marketing the program around the city\u2019s churches, businesses and community centers, project co-lead Betsy Densmore is taking a page out of her own parents\u2019 home-sharing experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver time, as my parents needed more help, we began finding ways to recruit people who were older and more mature, but who also had a need for housing that was below market,\u201d Densmore said. \u201cIt worked out really, really well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While still in the early stages of the program, Densmore says matching fellow seniors would be beneficial to both parties.<\/p>\n<p>But she says the success of home-sharing depends on the right match. The Love Costa Mesa program involves a questionnaire for both homeowners and home-seekers, remote and in person interviews and a memorandum of understanding, which is an unbinding lease in case the matches are unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>The Salazars and Hasting in South Gate saw their weeklong trial as strangers turn into years as family, sharing everything from meals to holidays. They say their success depends on the will to try something new.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a lot of doubts,\u201d Silvia Salazar said. \u201cChange is difficult for people in our age group. We get so set in our ways.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=2687\">Here are the four candidates running for the District 2 OC Board of Supervisors seat<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Programs matching senior homeowners and renters are rising in popularity, chipping away at a shortage of housing inventory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-housing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Strangers to family: Southern California senior citizens lean into home-sharing - Silicon Valley Moving Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=2696\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Strangers to family: Southern California senior citizens lean into home-sharing - 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