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A federal rule takes effect Monday that changes how you should be housing international students

Sep 11, 2026

Monday, a rule most operators have never heard of takes effect and quietly rewrites the rules for one of your most valuable guest types.

Janis Joplin, a Swedish grandmother, and your business model

Sep 4, 2026

Every operator in this newsletter is running a business that Janis Joplin, a Massachusetts mill worker, and a kibbutz founder would all instantly recognize, and two Nordic governments are currently using to fight loneliness at a national scale.

Co-Living's Media Moment: What NPR, WBUR, and Christianity Today Are Saying

Aug 28, 2026

In the last two weeks, three newsrooms that don't talk to each other landed on the same story: shared housing is stopping being a fringe idea and starting to look like an answer.

Eight States Just Moved on Co-Living Legalization. Here's Where Yours Stands.

Aug 21, 2026

The single biggest legal obstacle to co-living, the unrelated-occupant cap, is falling faster than at any point since this newsletter started tracking it.

Why Residents Leave (And What Actually Keeps Them)

Aug 14, 2026

You started the home. You filled the rooms. The real test isn't move-in day, it's whether those same residents are still there six months from now.