“Companion care. You live with someone who is elderly or disabled. You make meals, do light housework, take them to appointments, etc. No CNA is needed. They do have stricter background checks.”
Someone volunteered, “Most Summer Stock Theater production gigs offer housing with employment. It’s usually a three-to-four-month contract aimed at younger industry types."
“Try camp counseling (ACA has a fabulous jobs list) for a job with housing. My sister worked at a boarding school that provided housing, too,” another added.
“I lived for free(ish) for about a year as a house sitter with mostly long-term house sits for retirees who traveled a lot or had second homes in other states,” announced another.
“I work in Higher Education Housing – not great wages but free housing. I have a very nice two-bedroom apartment, but I currently work at a school in a Lower Cost of Living area,” another admitted.