MIXING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES IN THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENT LEADS TO HEALTHIER, MORE FULFILLED, BETTER CONNECTED AND ACTIVE LIFESTYLES
Irv Katz, senior fellow emeritus at Generations United and former president & CEO of the National Human Services Assembly, said planners are aware of the need for intergenerational communities, but the notion hasn’t “reached the levers of power”—
the mayors,
congress members and others who can support intergenerational living with
everything from zoning that allows it, infrastructure that encourages it, and
funding that supports it.
“We do housing in developments as little islands.
They may have sidewalks, but they
may not connect to daily needs or even the adjacent neighborhood.
We need to
think of clusters of neighborhoods that together create a village,” he said.
“Walkability, bikeability and access for people with disabilities is a must.”
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