1. Whom are we building for? Changing family structures affect! Eva Sandstedt Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University

2. Focus on different categories of people at different times The nuclear family (mother- father & children) 1930- The old people 1950- The students 1960- Those who are well off 2000-

3. Source: SCB. Välfärd 1/2014 Type of housing - adults 20 years and older

4. The dominant family perspective Source: SCB. Välfärd 1/2014 Owned family houses is the most common type of housing for children. 60 % of all teenagers are livning in a family house.

5. Source: FoB 1990, Statistics Sweden 2012 Type of households in Sweden One person household 1990: 40 % 2012: 38 % Couples, no children 1990: 30 % 2012: 25 % Couples with children age 0-17 1990: 22 % 2012: 22 % Single mothers with children age 0-17 1990: 3 % Single fathers with children age 0-17 1990: 0,5 % Single parents with children age 0-17 1990:4 % 2012: 7 % Other types 1990:4,5 % 2012: 7 % Totally: 4,2 million households Inhabitants: 9,6 million persons (Average: 2,3 persons/household)

6. Always two?

7. A lot of people are single!

8. Men and women at different ages living alone or as couples Källa: På tal om kvinnor och män. Lathund om jämställdhet 2012, sid 19

9. Cohousing:The extended household – a Swedish example Photo:Kerstin Kärnekull

10. The Entrance: The square Photo:Kerstin Kärnekull Public spaces on the groundfloor. Private spaces on the other floors up to the 4th and 7th).

11. Private dwellings 1-3 rooms

12. On the groundfloor there are the common areas for all and the pillar at the square as the dividing line between the private and the common both as a moral and material principle.

13. The heart of the co-house Photo: Kerstin Kärnekull

14. The library Photo:Kerstin Kärnekull

15. The garden Photo: Kerstin Kärnekull

16. The best with this type of household K.K. Photo: Kerstin Kärnekull

17. To take an own responsibility for one’s old age To be independent a longer time of one’s life To help each other in a simple way in evereyday life To get good food five days a week To have someone ”to go home to”