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NYC’s rent surge drives 86-year-old to move in with a ‘boommate’
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An uptick in so-called “boommates” – room-mates of the baby boomer generation – is the latest manifestation of a housing affordability crisis that has slammed Americans of all ages, especially those in expensive cities like New York.
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NEW YORK – When Mr Dan Yafet’s son moved out of their apartment in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighbourhood, he found himself with too much space and not enough money – so he took on an octogenarian roommate.
Now Mr Yafet, a 68-year-old who works for an architect’s office, shares his fourth-floor walk-up with 86-year-old Alan Ferber, splitting the US$2,000 (S$2,600) monthly rent for the two-bedroom apartment.
