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Beyond Craigslist, roommate match programs make use of extra space: 'She made my house a home'

CHICAGO - Stefanie Clark knew it was a good roommate match when their first breakfast together in late 2017 was full of laughter.

It was a new feeling for Clark, who had recently shed the name Stephen and come out as the woman she'd felt she was her entire life. In recent months, she found herself confronting a new apartment, navigating a new life and feeling lonely.

A year later, Clark and Jane Callahan-Moore finish each other's sentences and interrupt conversations to compliment the other - she's a wonderful artist, her zest for life is so inspiring - and enjoy explaining who cooks breakfast and who makes

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