Cheryl Fellenz, 81, swapped her home for a houseboat in 2009 to cut expenses. Fellenz lives on $4,996 monthly from Social Security and a teacher's pension. She said the houseboat gives her close ...

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I've spent much of my life on the water. I took sailing lessons as a child, spent 10 months living and studying aboard a tall ship in high school, and worked as a stewardess on a yacht for two and a ...

It’s not a cottage up north or a condo downtown--it’s something uniquely in between, and unlike anything else you’ll find in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Dozens of people live in houseboats and ...

Maisy Dewey was raised in the New Jersey suburbs but traveled back and forth to the United Kingdom her whole life. Her dad was born and raised in London, and the 25-year-old benefits from being a dual ...

Halfway between living full-time on a boat and traveling the world, and living by the water in a brick-and-mortar home is living in a float house. The Red Float House is no ordinary floating house, ...

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(KRON) — In the East Bay, a battle between a community living on houseboats and a landlord is heating up. Now the City of Alameda is stepping in by filing a lawsuit. The city is alleging the landlord ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Cheryl Fellenz, 81, a retiree who lives on a houseboat off the coast of southern Maryland. She is one of thousands of older Americans who have ...