Single-person housing

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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 online, and settle for people they can't completely trust. Just so they can afford rent.
  • People end up homeless.

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

Need for human connection

We don't want a world where people live in pods. Loneliness is already a big enough epidemic as it is.

If "living alone in a studio apartment" becomes more popular,

  • The buildings absolutely need to have common rooms, where people can actually go to chill and spend time (i.e. not just a place to do laundry and go back home).
  • Neighborhoods need to have more than just work and shopping. [new page needed]

See also