Gen-Zer says living with parents was once a choice — now it’s a necessity – By Wasif Haseeb (CBC) / April 14, 2022
‘Buying a home in Canada right now feels like a fantasy,’ says Wasif Haseeb
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Over the past few months, I’ve found myself asking every twenty-something Canadian I meet the same question: “What’s your housing situation?”
About half of them, eight people, told me they currently live at home with their parents. Some of them told me they actually moved back home because of COVID-19. And the other seven said they lived with their partners, roommates or by themselves.
Within my South Asian community, living with your parents well into your twenties and thirties is pretty normal. Most of my friends and relatives lived with their parents until they got married, and some continued to even after that. It’s tradition to live under one roof to take care of our parents in their old age.
