HousingWire

A special affordable housing community was opened in Washington, D.C. today, becoming the first housing community designed for grandfamilies, according to an article from WTOP News.

The inaugural community, Plaza West, will house grandparents that are caring for their grandchildren, making 30% to 40% of the area median income.

According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2012, 7 million of the 65 million grandparents in the United States lived with at least one grandchild. Furthermore, about 4.2 million households contained both grandchildren under 18 and their grandparents in 2012.

Notably, more than 60% of these households were led by a grandparent and about 33% had no parent in the household, according to the Census Bureau.

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