{"id":18749,"date":"2024-06-13T07:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T12:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/?p=18749"},"modified":"2024-06-13T11:54:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T16:54:48","slug":"how-home-builders-have-adapted-to-the-rise-in-multi-generational-co-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/editorials\/how-home-builders-have-adapted-to-the-rise-in-multi-generational-co-living\/","title":{"rendered":"How home builders have adapted to the rise of co-living"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Homesharing is on-trend in the United States. It\u2019s giving younger Americans a way to break into the highly competitive housing market. Homesharing is often considered #CoLiving. The homeowner rents out a portion of the home to family members or even strangers. Co-living is not the traditional roommate agreement where everyone shares the living space. Co-living spaces are designed to be private, from a bedroom and bathroom to an entire floor complete with bedrooms, a kitchen, and other amenities. Some builders are even building homes designed specifically for <a href=\"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/editorials\/wework-works\/\">co-living with larger communal spaces<\/a> and larger closets. What\u2019s driving this trend?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Multi-generational living on the increase<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/social-trends\/2022\/03\/24\/the-demographics-of-multigenerational-households\/\">Pew Research<\/a>, the number of Americans who live in multigenerational family homes has quadrupled since the 1970s. A multigenerational household is defined as \u201ctwo or more adult generations living in one home\u201d or a skipped generation, such as grandparents and grandchildren. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nar.realtor\/blogs\/economists-outlook\/full-house-the-rise-of-multi-generational-homes-during-covid-19\">National Association of REALTORS\u00ae<\/a> suggests two reasons for multi-generational homes.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Aging parents move back in with their adult children as part of caregiving, both for themselves but also to help care for younger children.<\/li>\n<li>Pooling incomes to afford a larger home or to rely on others in a potential loss of income.<\/li>\n<li>Adult children who never left the family home are continuing to share the home while they save money to move out on their own or simply wait to inherit the family home.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Pew Research says,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAmericans in multigenerational households are less likely to live in poverty.\u201d The financial advantages to living with others, whether in your family or not, can be huge.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Co-living has its opponents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A recent ordinance passed in Shawnee, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City, banned co-living with four or more unrelated people. Ostensibly, the ban was to prevent investors from buying up properties to allow for more renters. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcur.org\/housing-development-section\/2022-05-03\/ban-on-co-living-thrusts-shawnee-into-the-national-spotlight-heres-what-it-does\">goal of the City Council<\/a> was to keep the housing market from ballooning. However, the ban on co-living doesn\u2019t prevent homeowners from renting to one to three individuals nor does it prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/big-data\/multi-generational-housing-rises\/\">multigenerational living<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Co-living is a trend to watch.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multi-generational living and landlord co-living has seen a rise in popularity. 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