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Old 08-12-2013, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by The Buckeyes View Post
What are the age restrictions and the rules for the villages to be deemed a retirement community?......I was always under the assumption at least one person in a residence had to be 55+. Just asking.
It has to do with federal laws against age discrimination in housing (in this case against children and people under 55), and the federal exemption given for a 55+ community. Twenty percent can be under 55 with this, below, and then TV has its own added restriction of nobody under age 19 living here.

See Questions 14 and 15 at:

http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/library/hopa95.pdf

I don't know how anybody here could not want some people under age 55 and over 19 living here. Many people get really stiff and crabby after age 70 and it's good to have some new blood and youth around to balance it out.