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submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

These days, housing affordability is a struggle for nearly everyone.

But for young adults just starting out, soaring home prices and sky-high rents have become one of the greatest obstacles to making it on their own.

Nearly one-third, or 31%, of Generation Z adults live at home with parents because they can’t afford to buy or rent their own space, according to a recent report by Intuit Credit Karma that polled 1,249 people age 18 and older. Gen Z is generally defined as those born between 1996 and 2012, including a cohort of teens and tweens.

“The current housing market has many Americans making adjustments to their living situations, including relocating to less-expensive cities and even moving back in with their families,” said Courtney Alev, Intuit Credit Karma’s consumer financial advocate.

Overall, the number of households with two or more adult generations has been on the rise for years, according to a Pew Research Center report. Now, 25% of young adults live in a multigenerational household, up from just 9% five decades ago.

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[-] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago

Especially since Id wager near a majority of those Millennials are still looking for houses too.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

I’m looking, but there’s no way I’m paying those prices. I’d rather rent and have the ability to leave my job for another job when I can get more money.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Which is exactly what the investor class wants. Keep generating wealth for the landlords and no generational wealth because houses are too expensive.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Yup. Kill the rich. Cap home prices.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

It would have to be a really low cap considering how low wages are now, but I'd be okay with that. I just doubt the U.S. government would allow it to happen.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Nothing is going to get better at this point. I think the rich know they can just do whatever they want, as usual. The power of the middle class is almost gone. The only solution is the mass extinction of billionaires as a message, and I doubt a single one will be removed in my lifetime.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

The problem is- and I said this in another thread this morning, so apologies for people who read it there- the billionaires have nuclear war-proof bunkers they can hide in while surrounded by heavily-armed security. There's no way we'll be able to get to them. So I agree with you.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

Well, they aren’t sleeping in them. They leave sometime. Let’s use all these guns we have to defend us from the rich. 🤪

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

The bunkers are designed for them to sleep in until the radiation dissipates at least. They probably could live in them for years.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

What I mean is, they leave the house. Also, we can cut them off and I’m perfectly fine with them living in a box with no internet. Solitary confinement is as good as death.

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