The rise of co-housing developments is providing more options for multigenerational living. The co-housing movement started in Denmark about twenty years ago. It is based on the very simple idea that there are many aspects of the single family home that are redundant and can be economically spread around in a larger community.  Co-housing arrangements are founded on the idea..Read the rest…

There are some obvious reasons why we have a rising trend in multigenerational living. One obvious one is that our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents are living longer. But not all aspects of a longer healthier life are understood completely in the multigenerational context.

We sometimes get questions about this new trend towards multigenerational living. What a lot of people either don’t know or have forgotten is that this is nothing new. Back in 1940 over 25% of U.S. households were multigenerational and the rates in the U.S. were the lowest in the world. Most cultures find it strange..Read the rest…

There is clearly a rise in the number of multigenerational households. A somewhat complicated question is — why?
The economy might seemed to be the obvious answer. With the economic hardships accompanying job loss comes the need to reduce spending. Since for most of us our biggest expense is housing, a change in rent or mortgage..Read the rest…