#MicroblogMondays: Golden Girls, for real :)

Our local TV news had an item a few nights ago that piqued my interest.  An Ontario MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament) has introduced the Golden Girls Act 2019, aimed at making it easier for groups of unrelated seniors to share housing.

There have been a couple of recent cases in Ontario where groups of seniors (generally women) wanting to set up housekeeping together have met opposition from municipal politicians.

“Municipalities should not be trying to get in the way of seniors with innovative solutions,” said [Lindsay] Park, an MPP with the governing Progressive Conservatives. [Park is the sponsor of the Golden Girls Act 2019.]  

“Seniors living together can reap significant health, economic and social benefits and seniors are the fastest growing part of the population, both in Durham Region and provincewide,” she said.

Check out these news stories on DurhamRegion.com and the Toronto Star for more about the act & how some Ontario seniors are making "Golden Girls" housing work for themselves.

Personally, I think it's a great idea. Nothing that I've read has addressed this in terms of aging without children, but I think it's a particularly relevant possible solution for our growing segment of the population.  I've written previously about Golden Girls-style living arrangements on this blog, in 2010 and 2015.

Thoughts?

You can find more of this week's #MicroblogMondays posts here.