A new company looks to unlock spaces within homes to provide housing for students

In university and college towns, the pressure for housing has exhausted the housing market due to a continuous increase in enrolments that hasn't been matched by an increase in on-campus student living spaces. This has created an even more intense housing crisis for those communities. On this episode of Searching for Solutions, Rylan Kinnon, Co-Founder & CEO of SpacesShared talks about a novel homesharing technology that lets students who are looking for a safe, affordable place to stay quickly and affordably connect with older adult hosts. Launched in 2023, SpacesShared matches compatible students and older adults interested in homesharing. it's a great story about a micro solution to a housing crisis that is going to require many more of these kind of ideas to unlock more much needed housing spaces in our communities.