Topic of the Month November: Multi-Generation Houses

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A toy torpedo bush which is planted too close to a chicken wire fence – sometimes that is enough to plunge into a bitter neighbourhood controversy. Everyday subjects cause most of the conflicts. It is the same in multi-generation houses, but the occupants learned how to handle the discord. Read more in the Topic of the Month.

You get on better together – that is the people’s motto who team up in order to live altogether in multi-generation houses. Young and old feel attracted by the idea of living in a vivid house community where neighbours have more in common than a “hello” in the hallway.
- Multi-Generation Houses: Extended Family’s Comeback

Living together, helping each other, counteracting solitariness and isolation – these are the ideas which underlay multi-generation projects. However, sometimes it may get tough, for example when different needs and lifestyles of young and old residents collide. REHACARE.de talked to a mediator and sociologist about generation gaps, rules and bobby cars in the hallway.
- Multi-Generation Living: „Residents Benefit from the Different Life Situations“

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