Downsizing should be a choice for our seniors, not an obligation
If you still watch cable TV, you may have seen the HomeEquity Bank advertisements featuring “Doris,” a retiree who claps back at social pressure to downsize her home., Doris finds a young couple with a baby stroller standing in front of her home, musing about how she is “getting up there” and must be getting ready to sell – and, of course, how their family could benefit from all that extra space if only she would move. Doris, who is played by actress“Yeah, Doris is still pretty spry.
, which was based on census data, found the percentage of singles and couples who live in homes that have a minimum of three bedrooms was 29 per cent in Canada in 2021. That compared with 26 per cent in 2006. . But that doesn’t justify treating seniors as social pariahs because they want to stay put and take pleasure in owning a larger home.
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