Can Shared Housing Help Solve Homelessness?

Shared housing is one of the most overlooked and misunderstood tools we have to help solve homelessness. In this episode, we dig into how shared housing actually works, who it can help, and why choice and agency matter when people decide who they live with. We talk about affordability, social connection, and why shared housing should not be treated as a last resort but as a legitimate housing option. This is a follow-up conversation with Kris Freed. The first time Kris joined us, we planned to talk about shared housing, but the conversation shifted to her personal story, which was raw, powerful, and absolutely worth hearing. That episode is linked below. Shared housing is not a one-size-fits-all solution, but it is a critical option we cannot afford to ignore. When done right, it creates affordability, builds social connection, and gives people real choice over where they live and who they live with. Before you watch or listen, please take a minute to fill out our short listener survey at https://invisiblepeople.tv/podsurvey. It helps us improve the podcast and reach more people with stories that matter. Kris's first interview: This Can’t Be My End – From Addiction to Leadership https://youtu.be/-wlSv06E_iI?si=qdlIpifNFIKiEQ63 More: This Woman's Final Day of Homelessness Will Move You https://youtu.be/sZQLMnF_y8k?si=9MIeCl27_eritj2g From Encampments to Homes: How Dallas Is Solving Homelessness https://youtu.be/iG4afD_ycLk?si=TBS-G16xTpV3KiiR Fined. Arrested. Still Nowhere to Live. https://youtu.be/yZg14Ln3hGw?si=UceojQ67wTIzO1GN Can We End Homelessness? Hennepin County Shows How https://youtu.be/yq1C8l4uSZc?si=K68RtzdYzduZ9QEe Executive producer: Mark Horvath Producer/editor/cinematographer: Alex Gasaway https://www.youtube.com/alexgasaway Associate producer: Erin McGinnis Created by: Alex Gasaway and Erin McGinnis YouTube Podcast https://shorturl.at/XciIu Apple Podcast https://apple.co/4cckQ86 Spotify https://spoti.fi/3XyM98c ================================== Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/c/invisiblepeople?sub_confirmation=1 Invisible People’s website: http://invisiblepeople.tv Support Invisible People: https://invisiblepeople.tv/donate Sign up for our newsletter: https://invisiblepeople.tv/email Invisible People’s Social Media: https://www.youtube.com/invisiblepeople https://twitter.com/invisiblepeople https://www.instagram.com/invisiblepeople https://www.facebook.com/invisiblepeopletv https://www.tiktok.com/@invisiblepeopletv About Invisible People There is a direct correlation between what the general public perceives about homelessness and how it affects policy change. Most people blame homelessness on the person experiencing it instead of the increasing shortage of affordable housing, lack of employment, childhood trauma, lack of a living wage, or the countless reasons that put a person at risk. This lack of understanding creates a dangerous cycle of misperception that leads to the inability to effectively address the root causes of homelessness.