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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m 36 and childfree and I would LOVE to live in a 55+ community.  What a wonderful way to be in a peaceful, quiet place with people with common interests.[/quote]

Someone should make a community for singles and DINKs, say ages 35 to 55. I bet there would be huge uptake. [/quote]

My other female childless friends, single and not, are clamoring for this.[/quote]

I think it would violate Fair Housing Act, since you can not discriminate against a buyer or renter based on the presence of a child. I think places like Leisure World and Laguna Woods get around it by basing the minimum criteria on age to buy (55+ which is typically beyond the child-rearing years), but perhaps there is a statutory carve-out for retirement communities.

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I was right - there's a statutory exemption for communities where "at least 80 percent of the units must have at least one occupant who is 55 years of age or older."

https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/fair_housing_act_housing_older_persons

Personally, I think the law should change to allow a development for childless singles and couples. Let the market decide if such a community would be popular. [/quote]

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