So, in Australia, there are dedicated housing complexes for people over 50. They're not retirement villages at all, they're groups of ordinary villas (2 bedrooms, shared walls - like a duplex but single storey) and the only way that they differ from regular housing is that you have to be over 50 to live there. I think developers get a bonus for them.

I think it would be a good idea if there were dedicated apartment buildings where ***you had to have a child under 18 living with you to live there*** - and the apartment complex could get a development concession or a tax concession.

It would mean more housing for families, and presumably people with children would be less bothered by/less likely to complain about the noise of other people's children.

Plus, built in playmates for the children!