CLEVELAND — Three Cleveland residents are living together under one roof. They share bills, meals and responsibilities, but they don’t call themselves roommates.

“Everybody who lives there has a stake in how we live and how we do things in different ways,” said Prerna Agarwal.

Agarwal, along with Rachel Cannon and Coop Nordquist, is part of a co-op household. Cooperative living goes beyond simply splitting rent. In their home, food, chores and finances are handled collectively.

“We socialize all of our food and utilities. Do shopping together. And our rent is not split evenly among the three of us. We do a sliding scale and every month it becomes a conversation of what folks can contribute,” Cannon said.

Cannon has lived this way for more than a decade.

“But I’m 30 now and I’m still d

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