What is a Home Share Ambassador?
Home sharing is a fairly new concept for most community members, and this program is new here. Program Ambassadors are partners who help provide information about this housing option within their own Bellingham networks. Trusted Ambassadors can come from organizations, or be individuals who are passionate about supporting community members.
Ambassador Toolkit
While the following materials are here for Ambassadors to easily access, anyone is welcome to view, download or print them. If you would like professionally printed materials or can’t find what you need below, please reach out to us at homeshare@cob.org. We want to make it easy for you to share program information, so please let us know how we can help.
Home Share Host – Brochure
This is our most comprehensive overview for prospective hosts. It’s meant to be a trifold brochure and can be printed from this file. You can also ask us for professionally printed and folded brochures by emailing homeshare@cob.org.
Social media and digital images
These images can be used for social media posts, websites and e-newsletters. Click on the image you want. When it opens, right click on it and select “save image.”
Brief description of the program
You can use part or all of this for newsletters, social media posts, websites, and wherever else it makes sense.
New City program connects homeowners with spare rooms to renters
The City of Bellingham is partnering with Nesterly to offer a new program that connects homeowners who have extra bedrooms with good-fit renters, providing much needed housing options to the community in exchange for rent and, sometimes, chores.
- The program includes a vetting process with background checks to support good host-renter matches.
- Prospective matches can use video call and chat features to decide whether to meet in person.
- Hosts set the price and can offer reduced rent in exchange for help with chores.
- Nesterly’s dedicated team includes licensed social workers who provide support from profile creation through move out.
Learn more about costs, home share benefits and find answers to frequently asked questions: cob.org/bellingham-home-sharing-program
Other ways to get involved
If you don’t want to be a Home Share Ambassador, but have ideas for how we can reach folks in your network, please email us and let us know at homeshare@cob.org.
