Speak for yourself

Well yes, hence the cross post here.

I agree that home prices are unsustainable, and that's not a good thing.

I don't know that the increase in multigenerational housing is all bad, either. It does help with housing supply, which should lead to lower prices and less interest in corporate ownership. It's also a way to increase housing density without changing zoning laws, and I can't imagine the NIMBYs are gonna have a good argument against allowing this. Multigenerational housing could have a positive impact on the loneliness epidemic...if we're really lucky, it may even lead to a decrease in radicalization by decreasing social isolation.

I know there's lots of people who can't stay with family or wouldn't want to. We definitely need to get housing supply under control and this isn't a situation that I would want anyone forced into...but it being more normalized and less stigmatized is, I think, a good thing.

Last I checked multi-generational housing was not common after the 1950s in most western nations(unless you where poor). So a few that did not experience it. And now you are not seeing this by choice (as was more the norm in the past) but that both the older people's retirement funds are flagging while younger people can not afford to enter into the market.

What? Not really, people would build a house themselves before winter (see sod houses) and build it out over time. I don't know of anything other then cathedrals taking generations to build.