DALLAS: Seniors in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn are learning you’re never too old for a roommate, particularly if that roommate can help you stay in your neighborhood in spite of increasing rents. The long-running Home Sharing Program, which matches New York seniors in need of housing with a spare room, or seniors who have a spare room with a trustworthy renter, may be coming to Bed-Stuy.
The program has already been connecting seniors in New York City neighborhoods for over 20 years, including Manhattan and the Brooklyn neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay. Last week, about 30 seniors gathered in Bed-Stuy to hear about home-sharing at a forum sponsored by the office of City Councilman Robert Cornegy Jr…..