Jenn Gannon IT’S NOT EASY for the single amongst us these days. If we’re not being made feel invisible during the pandemic with the ‘Stay home together’ lockdown rhetoric that firmly concentrated on the nuclear family and those in relationships, we are also being utterly ignored by the government in terms of housing.
The renting reality for the unattached is swathes of the population heading into their 40s still living with roommates, single mothers terrified that their landlord will decide to sell their home from under them, young people living with their parents indefinitely and those who live alone wondering just how long they can sustain the situation as their savings disappear.
“I would have to pay a €40,000 deposit and I’m not sure where that is supposed to come from when paying massive rent and trying to not fall behind on your bills.” Let’s not forget the terrifying spectre of ‘co-living’ that was sold as some kind of ‘groovy’ Googleised commune for “those at a stage of life where they have yet to accumulate significant possessions and have a shorter-term outlook with regard to choice of tenure”: in other words, please Marie Kondo yourself out of existence if you are child-free.
Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)
jennpops This is brilliant & lays it all out so clearly Jenn. As a 46 year old not earning a massive wage I’m becoming more & more worried about the future!