–Finding affordable housing is an issue for all communities on the Central Coast and one way to accomplish this is to share housing costs. The concept of sharing homes is the bulwark of HomeshareSLO’s mission. Operating under the nonprofit Smart Share Housing Solutions, they have been answering the needs of the increased housing challenges since 2016. HomeShareSLO facilitates matches between home providers. They match up people with an extra room and home seekers, those looking for a home. In response to the increased housing challenges of the COVID-19 health emergency, they have launched a new Homeshare option. The new Reduced Rent Task Exchange Homeshare allows housing seekers to trade some hours of assistance with household tasks for a reduction in rent, bringing monthly costs down to as low as a $150 utility share for a full task exchange arrangement of 15 hours per week. Home providers who have an extra bedroom can now offer it for rent only (average rent in the program is $725/month) partial task exchange, or full task exchange.