The growing senior population and the struggling economy have combined to spur the growth of multigenerational families in the United States, and innovative housing options are needed for these households, says a Generations United study.
In 2009, the Pew Research Center’s broad definition of multigenerational households found that 11.9 million of the 113.6 million U.S. households, or 10.5%, were either three-generational, “skipped generational” where grandparents and grandchildren make up a household, or the most prevalent type: parents and adult children older than 25 living together.