SFU researchers look to maximize living space at single-family homes in partnership program
The partnership, between SFU Renewable Cities and Hollyburn Community Services Society, connects under-utilized single-family homes and their owners to renters in need.
“This is an opportunity to really deeply understand the constraints and challenges seniors have that are interested in having secondary suites or a possible home share which they’ve never done before,” said Alex Boston, SFU Renewable Cities’ executive director.“We want to understand what those concerns and apprehensions may be.”
The Hollyburn Community Services Society works to find these isolated seniors with single-family homes that could be part of the program. “They’re isolated. They’re having difficulty with housework or yard work,” said Leya Eguchi, a Hollyburn spokesperson. “ could be really mutually beneficial.” According to statistics found by SFU, almost half of all B.C. housing is made up of single-detached homes with 18 per cent of those inhabited by one person.If one in ten of those homeowners added a secondary suite that would create almost 50,000 new housing units.
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