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Boomer Parents Play Landlord for their Millennial Children

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Feb 19, 2016
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In Manhattan, Boomer parents are buying apartments and charging below-market rent so their Millennial children can afford nice, safe places to live. Even though housing has always been a challenge for young city-dwellers, today’s parents are willing to play landlord for a few years so their kids aren’t “living in a hole.”

—The New York Times

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