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Municipalities/counties/states could be buying up the empty Mc Mansions, and renting them out to "multis".
Real families are often scattered over multiple states, but there's no reason why mutual-benefit "families" could not be constituted.
This would obviously not work for the seriously infirmed, but there are many vigorous elderly who are barely making it, and there are probably at least as many families that are trapped in a big house they cannot afford to stay in OR to sell.
Most places have long waiting lists of people desperate for assisted housing, so why not match these people up.
Many newer developments have good infrastructure, new(er) schools, shopping & services already in place. If they are newer, they are also likely to not be in a great need of upkeep/repair.
Elderly people are often targets for criminals when they live alone in run-down areas of town, so why not create new families?
Obviously this would have to be a mutually agreed upon situation, but it just might solve a lot of community problems, and be cheaper in the long run too.
Kids get to stay in their own school district, older folks have a place they can call home, that is not totally up to them to keep up, and often these smaller kids do not even see their own grandparents all that much, so it could be an enriching opportunity for them too.
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