The emergence of Roomi and similar services coincides with the burgeoning co-living trend, which is being fueled by soaring rents and housing shortages in many cities.
When Julie Wesolowicz moved to New York from Michigan, she followed a time-honored tradition among 20-something newcomers and searched Craigslist for a roommate. Wesolowicz soon regretted it. Her new roommate never paid the rent on time, listed the Morningside Heights place on AirBnb without permission and came clambering home at 4am on week nights.
“I think she was just the worst person I’ve ever come across in my life,” says Wesolowicz, who eventually threatened legal action to get her roommate to leave. “I actually got a stress rash from her. I didn’t know what it was, but two days after she moved out it went away.”
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