HomeShare program aids homeowners in aging in place; offers alternative for renters

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https://vtdigger.org/2026/04/28/homeshare-program-aids-homeowners-in-aging-in-pace-offers-alterative-for-renters/
Valley News

This nonprofit connects people seeking rooms to rent to homeowners with extra space.


This story by Liz Sauchelli was first published in the Valley News on April 24, 2026.

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BROWNSVILLE -- Jan Lillien and Jack Jackobvitz met online in the early 2000s.

Lillien, now 92, had a long career in real estate in South Woodstock, while Jackobvitz, 94, ran a string of dry cleaning plants with his brother and an interior decorating business with his late wife in Massachusetts.

For more than 20 years, they have aged in place in their Brownsville home, largely able to support each other.

That started to change as the couple noticed that tasks that once came easily to them became more challenging, including moving their trash and recycling bins from their garage to the curb, and carrying groceries up the stairs in their split-level home.

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