Single-person housing
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
- Subdividing existing housing units
- New construction
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]