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> We went from multigenerational homes and kids living with their parents, inheriting their houses, and if buying -- doing it after they grew up and saved / got
by ImPostingOnHN 3y ago
> We went from multigenerational homes and kids living with their parents, inheriting their houses, and if buying -- doing it after they grew up and saved / got help to buy their own house. To a situation where everybody thinks the first thing you have to do after you get your first job is to get expensive mortgage and buy your own house
the situation is pretty much the opposite of this, we went from where folks could afford a house pretty quickly, sometimes even on a single salary, to double incomes not being enough, and the only hope of housing for some now being multigenerational and/or inherited