Retirement pension wasn't enough for rent: she built a new life in a 23-square-meter house
Original headlineEmekli maaşı kiraya yetmiyordu: 23 metrekarelik evde yeni bir hayat kurdu
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Retired U.S. social worker Lois has moved into a 23-square-meter tiny home after finding her roughly $2,100 monthly income insufficient to cover rent. She bought the wheeled home outright six years ago and now pays $850 a month for the land plot where it sits, with electricity billed separately. The case illustrates how fixed-income retirees are turning to smaller dwellings as housing costs outpace pension and Social Security income. Watch for whether tiny-home living spreads among older Americans and how local zoning and utility fees shape its affordability.
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Lois, United States