HOUSTON: The trend to multigenerational living is being driven by tightening incomes and growing costs.

The name given to this form of housing may be changing from the dated “granny flat” epithet to more palatable euphemisms (garden suites) but the driver is very different.

The growth of “casualisation” in the workforce, the need for two adults to work shifts at the same time, and the cost of childcare has combined to shape new multigenerational housing compounds…

This trend is covered in detail in the Seniors Housing Trends Text Book Series