AARP URGES UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND INCLUSIVE HOMES
In greater Portland, Ore., the need for co-housing has grown as people are finding it harder to afford a house.
They also
are learning the benefits of clustered housing designed for positive
cross-pollination between generations.
“Young
people are finishing college, but staying home because they can’t afford
housing.
Elders are
outliving their incomes—the fastest growing population of homeless people in
Oregon is elders.
Multigenerational
living addresses those and other issues,” said Derenda Schubert, executive
director of Bridge Meadows, defining “elders” as 65 and over.
Bridge
Meadows has a trio of co-housing cluster options in urban and rural Oregon:
- An urban North Portland location
with 36 total units with nine for families and the rest for elders.
- A suburban edition in Beaverton
with 41 units—nine for families and 32 for elders.
- A rural setting in Redmond with
36 total units—10 for families and 26 for elders.
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