A 1980 national housing survey revealed that 2.5% of all older Americans lived with nonrelatives, another 7% were interested in sharing their current unit with others, and 8% of older homeowners were interested in converting part of their home into a separate rental unit. They are mostly the healthy young-old. Many, however, reported housing-related problems. The authors recommend public policy changes to target shared housing to the low-income aged and the disabled.
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