Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Seniors aging in place causes surge in spare bedrooms: Report
NewsNation ^ | 11/23/23

Posted on 11/23/2023 5:18:59 AM PST by EBH

Further, 17% of all owned homes are occupied by single or married seniors with two or more spare bedrooms.

“The surge of spare bedrooms speaks to a mismatch in the housing market, at a time when so many feel there are too few options available,” Salviati said.

Seniors aging in place are keeping a significant share of single-family homes unavailable to younger generations, according to Salviati. It’s why, in part, it’s hard for millennials to break into homeownership.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsnationnow.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: homes; housing; seniorhousing; seniors
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 141-156 next last
New policy solutions designed to tackle housing shortages and housing mismatch

????? Are they seriously looking to force seniors out of their homes.

1 posted on 11/23/2023 5:18:59 AM PST by EBH
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: EBH

No, they’re looking to tax spare bedrooms...

Betcha.


2 posted on 11/23/2023 5:21:03 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EBH

Deep States all use the same playbook. From the UK, apologies for the source...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jan/27/the-bedroom-tax-explained


3 posted on 11/23/2023 5:21:56 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EBH

Really. Talk about “none of your business.”


4 posted on 11/23/2023 5:22:24 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EBH

Greedy bankers and realtors no doubt.


5 posted on 11/23/2023 5:23:49 AM PST by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EBH

Obama & The Gang would love to fill your spare rooms with their illegal invaders. You know the drill...


6 posted on 11/23/2023 5:26:32 AM PST by gathersnomoss (End This Attack On Justice.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EBH

No, they’re looking for seniors gullible enough to invite illegals to invade their homes.


7 posted on 11/23/2023 5:28:07 AM PST by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: gathersnomoss

How many spare bedrooms in Biden’s beach house or Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard retreat?

Burnie Sanders three houses?

John Kerry’s? Liz Warren? Bill Gates? Steven Spielberg?

Etc.

Etc.


8 posted on 11/23/2023 5:29:03 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: EBH

I don’t have any spare bedrooms. I have a 1 bedroom, 1 office and 1 dog room house.


9 posted on 11/23/2023 5:29:21 AM PST by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore……)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EBH

It was nice going into retirement and moving from a big house in a big city to a small house in a small town, less to clean and repair but more garden to play in.


10 posted on 11/23/2023 5:29:38 AM PST by Jolla
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdt1138

Greedy Deep States.

Plural.


11 posted on 11/23/2023 5:29:41 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: EBH
Spare bedrooms? I don't think so. In my house, one bedroom is for sleeping, a second bedroom is my office, and a third bedroom is a storage room for all the stuff I've collected over seventy years of living. Dare I mention the garage?

Downsizing is a major effort for all the seniors I know. It's especially hard for those with just-in-case mania -- they can't stand to throw anyone away: "My family once gave away a long-unused parakeet cage, and the next day we rescued a parakeet from the curb of our house."

Let's face it, some seniors measure their worth in the amount of stuff they have.

12 posted on 11/23/2023 5:30:39 AM PST by asinclair (What doesn't kill you makes you stronger)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cyclotic

No, I think the government will force seniors to take in strangers.


13 posted on 11/23/2023 5:30:44 AM PST by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: gathersnomoss

Bingo. After all we are only colonizers. There is no such thing as private property. I’m sure Obama will be be forced to house invaders in their sea side mansions in Hawaii and Martha’s Vineyard


14 posted on 11/23/2023 5:31:14 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: mewzilla
No, they’re looking to tax spare bedrooms...

Or force you to house illegal aliens.

15 posted on 11/23/2023 5:31:48 AM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: EBH

TAKE IN MIGRANTS???? Is that what they are getting at?? Or HIGHER TAXES??


16 posted on 11/23/2023 5:31:49 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EBH

Great!

All our seniors can “host” the 2 million imminently migrant Palestinian residents.


17 posted on 11/23/2023 5:32:52 AM PST by 9YearLurker
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EBH

Selling a house is an expensive and annoying process.

Packing and moving is a big hassle.

Then there is the problem of investing the proceeds.


18 posted on 11/23/2023 5:33:06 AM PST by Brian Griffin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: libertylover

It’s the spare bedroom tax.

I guarantee it.


19 posted on 11/23/2023 5:35:17 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: McGavin999
"I don’t have any spare bedrooms. I have a 1 bedroom, 1 office and 1 dog room house."

I envy you.

20 posted on 11/23/2023 5:35:52 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 141-156 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson