WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Across the United States, more than 2.65 million children live in grandfamilies — families in which grandparents, other adult family members or close family friends are raising children – with no parents in the home. Frequently, these families come together at a moment’s notice. In an instant the home of the new grandfamily is inadequate for their suddenly expanded household.

A new report from Generations United, A Place to Call Home: Building Affordable Housing for Grandfamilies, found less than one in three eligible grandfamilies receive housing assistance and details the housing challenges these families face.

“Caregivers may lose their homes when they step up to raise children,” said Ana Beltran, special advisor to Generations United’s National Center on Grandfamilies and the report’s author. “They may be renting through private lease agreements that prohibit children from living in their apartments. Evictions are common and, as with one of our GRAND Voice caregiver advocates, can even happen in a snowstorm during the holidays.”

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