Friends over 50 living together – a rising trend
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Living with friends or housemates is a choice that housebuilders and policy-makers should make more widely available for the over-50s, according to a new study to be presented at the ESRC Festival of Social Science. Housing schemes offering this alternative approach – where people live independently but in shared communities – can reduce social isolation and allow people freedom as they age.
Andrea Jones from the University of Sussex has led research which demonstrates that schemes such as co-housing benefit people in later life in many ways. They enable members to remain active, continue contributing to community life and socially engaged into later life.
“Housebuilders and housing policy-makers need to wake up to the housing needs of the ‘baby boomer’ generation especially given the ageing population,” says Ms Jones. “Increasing numbers of people post-parenthood are turning to schemes where they can live collaboratively with a community of people they share common values and aspir...
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