More Generations Living Under Same Roof

As the economy and housing markets steadily if slowly recover the financial stresses driving this trend will recede.

More generations living under same roof.

Research reveals four per cent of the population 728 000 families have three or more generations living under the same roof. The number of homes where two or more generations live under the same roof has soared by more than half in just ten years new figures have shown. In 1870 the figure peaked at 608 000. Putting three generations under one roof the most common multigenerational living arrangement became a growth industry during the recession.

Multiple generations can be accommodated by sharing lots instead of sharing houses. Sometimes called granny flats or casitas accessory dwelling units or adus can be added to existing lots when zoning and deed restrictions allow. The numbers may seem small at 6 9 per cent of all canadian households. According to the office for national statistics.

Three generations under one roof known as multigenerational housing is here to stay. A decline in employment and postponement in marriage has forced more adults to move back into their parent s homes post college. According to a pew research center analysis of the latest u s. The ng family parents karen and melvin son jason girlfriend jamie and baby addison lives in a multigenerational household in hawaii.

According to a 2009 pew research center study 51 4 million americans lived in a house with at least one other generation under the same roof. Families are coming back together in ways this nation has not seen in 50 years. Census bureau data approximately 51 million americans or 16 7 percent of the population live in a house with at least two adult generations or a grandparent and at least one other. Like a growing number of families across canada the luos live in a household with at least three generations under one roof.