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(Created page with "In some regions, single people vastly outnumber single-person housing units. For example in Canada, there are over 8 million single adults but only 2 million one-bedroom units and bachelor units combined. As a result, * Young adults often live with their parents. * Couples, after breakup or divorce, still end up sharing the same home. * People may get stuck in abusive relationships with nowhere to move to. * People have to look for roommates onlin...") |
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The lack of single-person housing affects families too. Single people who ''can'' afford to live alone, often live in family-sized units (price being almost the same as a bachelor/studio in some cases). | The lack of single-person housing affects families too. Single people who ''can'' afford to live alone, often live in family-sized units (price being almost the same as a bachelor/studio in some cases). | ||
Ways to create more single-person homes | ==Ways to create more single-person homes== | ||
* [[Subdividing]] existing housing units | * [[Subdividing]] existing housing units | ||
* New construction | * New construction | ||
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* The buildings absolutely need to have [[common rooms]], where people can actually go to chill and spend time {{light|(i.e. not just a place to do laundry and go back home)}}. | * The buildings absolutely need to have [[common rooms]], where people can actually go to chill and spend time {{light|(i.e. not just a place to do laundry and go back home)}}. | ||
* Neighborhoods need to have more than just work and shopping. {{npn}} | * Neighborhoods need to have more than just work and shopping. {{npn}} | ||
==See also== | |||
* [[Walkability]] | |||