The club has taken on the atmosphere of a sprawling group house in Omaha.

Some potential renters are also turned off by the problems with group houses last year.

Taking over a former group house can also mean inheriting a web of problems.

Opening group houses has never been easy on the Island.

People end up living in group houses either by e-mail or by word of mouth.

Larger social forces are at work, threatening to dissolve our group house.

The group houses require a larger step into the unknown by the elderly person.

But searching for the right group house in Washington offers a world of potential conundrums.

Most group houses seem to have an average of five people, in their mid-20's to early 30's.

He likes to keep liberals out of his group house in Fairfax.