There is another problem with multigenerational housing: it can seriously reinforce inequality.
Living with your parents in a wealthy suburb is very different from living with your parents in a trailer park.
Living with your parents in a wealthy suburb is very different from living with your parents in a trailer park.
A family has more money, so they can afford better education for their kids, so their kids make more money.
A family can afford a good house, in a low-crime neighborhood, with neighbors who are corporate executives. Their kids grow up living next door to the rich and powerful.
Living at home with mom and dad at age 25 might mean living in a house with lead paint and drug use. Or it might get you free membership at the neighborhood country club.