New York Foundation for Senior Citizens is dedicated to helping New York's seniors enjoy healthier, safer, more productive and dignified lives in their own homes and communities and to help them avoid the need for premature institutionalization.
A pair of unlikely roommates share Yiddish, baklava and life lessons: https://forward.com/culture/783025/rebecca-shull-negin-nader-bazrafkan-yiddish-roommates
A woman in a HUD-subsidized apartment in a building for older New Yorkersbristles at the notion that she would stay home and “watch these four walls.” Read the full article on The New York Times website or in… Read More
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Posted on March 15, 2026 by NYFSC
CBS Evening News: How Home Sharing Is Helping Older New Yorkers Stay in Their Homes
At 87, he can’t afford his rent without a roommate. He’s far from alone. Read the article on cbsnews.com
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Posted on March 15, 2026 by NYFSC
Realtor.com: Would You Open Your Home to a Stranger in Exchange for Help With Housing Costs and Chores? How the Strategy Is Changing Aging in Place
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Posted on November 24, 2025 by NYFSC
Forward: A young Muslim woman moved in with a 96-year-old Jewish actress – and it was bashert
A pair of unlikely roommates share Yiddish, baklava and life lessons: https://forward.com/culture/783025/rebecca-shull-negin-nader-bazrafkan-yiddish-roommates
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Posted on September 29, 2025 by NYFSC
Architectural Digest: Sleeping in the Kitchen, Age Gap Roommates, and Slanted Floors: How 6 New Yorkers are Making It Work
Read the article in Architectural Digest.
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Posted on March 26, 2025 by NYFSC
AARP: How House-Sharing Can Help Your Retirement Plan
Rent-paying roommates can provide extra income, offset housing costs and help you age in place Read the full article on the AARP website.
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Posted on September 20, 2024 by NYFSC
Bloomberg: NYC’s Rent Surge Drives 86-Year-Old to Move in With a ‘Boommate’
Surging costs for housing and other expenses are prompting baby boomers to take on roommates. Read the full article on bloomberg.com
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Posted on September 20, 2024 by NYFSC
NYC Life Channel 25: “The NYC Field Guide: How to Thrive in the City”
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Posted on May 27, 2024 by NYFSC
PIX11: NYFSC Home Sharing Program Benefits Explained
The benefits of our Home Sharing Program were extolled by Monica Morales on PIX-11’s “Monica Makes It Happen.” Watch the 2-minute segment here.
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Posted on May 13, 2024 by NYFSC
NY Times: An Independent Life of Flowers and Bible Verses in the Bronx
A woman in a HUD-subsidized apartment in a building for older New Yorkersbristles at the notion that she would stay home and “watch these four walls.” Read the full article on The New York Times website or in… Read More
NY1: Housing Program Teams Seniors with People Looking for Affordable Housing
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Posted on May 25, 2023 by NYFSC
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