In 2014, Julia Cox moved into a two-bedroom rental with a balcony in Brooklyn Heights. As they awaited the birth of their daughter, they pondered another kind of arrangement: a multigenerational household, where Mrs. Limongello’s parents could live with them part-time. “My favorite pastime is randomly scrolling through StreetEasy and Zillow, and I did that for a whole year,” said Mrs. Limongello, 36, who manages construction for a real estate developer. Her room was “the size of a large walk-in closet in a suburban home,” Mrs. Limongello said. Mrs. Limongello’s parents, Malcolm and Rosalie Cox, live near their other daughter’s family, outside of Philadelphia, but planned to spend about a third of their time in Brooklyn and contribute about a third of the rent.

Source: New York Times January 29, 2020 22:52 UTC