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Living with nuns: Priced out of D.C., young women found low rent with unlikely roommates

Living with nuns: Priced out of D.C., young women found low rent with unlikely roommates
NPR Business Monday 17 August 2026, 09:00 UTC By Windsor Johnston 1 min read
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For 10 years, a Catholic-run home offered young women an affordable place to live in the nation's capital as they studied and launched careers. Now, that community is saying goodbye.(Image credit: Charlotte Kesl for NPR)

For 10 years, a Catholic-run home offered young women an affordable place to live in the nation's capital as they studied and launched careers. Now, that community is saying goodbye.

(Image credit: Charlotte Kesl for NPR)

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