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that due to the coexistence of different generations, there would be disagreements sooner or later" (19%). The findings of our survey, conducted on 115 young people between the ages of 18 and 35, also show that young people do not want coexistence in the same real estate. Even older people do not want coexisting with the younger ones. This is confirmed by the results of a survey conducted on 108 elderly people aged 60 and over. As at the younger population, we were also interested in the elderly, whether they would be willing to accept aid/assistance in exchange for an apartment. In this, we thought that someone would come to live with them, a younger or a younger family who would take care of them and help them with the maintenance of the property, and in paying the costs in return for free accommodation. We found that only 11% of the respondents would accept this form of assistance, and 89% of them would not have accepted this in return for housing. As the main reason, why older people do not want coexisting with younger people, they have expressed mistrust, because they would not know these people (53%). They also fear being exploited and disregarded in agreements (21%). Even in case of the elderly, we were interested in whether they would be willing to accept a younger relative (together with the family) with whom they would live together. The relative would also take care of them, help them with the maintenance of the property, and contribute with the costs. We found that they are willing to do this in 41%, and 59% would not do so. In addition, we were also interested in whether the elderly would relocate to their children or grandchildren if they had this opportunity. We found that 35% of respondents would accept this option, while 65% would not. We can conclude that the results of the survey, both for the younger and for the elderly, show that no one wants to coexist in the same real estate. Young people, in particular, hinder the fact that there is no privacy, while older people are mistrustful of unknown people and fears that exploitation and failure to comply with the agreements would occur. Old people are somehow more open to cohabitation with relatives,

children, and grandchildren, but their affirmative answers in all cases are below 50%.

**7. Conclusion**

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**Hypothesis 3.2** was confirmed on the basis of the results of the research and study literature.

Thanks to all the respondents, we have come up with useful findings that could help to change the current situation in the country, insofar as this result would come to those who create strategies in the real estate area. The research gave us some insights into the problems and suggestions of the changes of two studied populations. We have found that young and old have some common points, and in some areas, they are diverging. In the group of young people between the ages of 18 and 35 who were studying, most individuals still live with their parents. Their accommodation is mostly financed by parents, and a smaller percentage of young people also contribute to the household budget. Young people who do not have yet their own property want it very much. For most, the path to independence is ending with insufficient financial resources that are needed for this. Low income also presents the problem to older people at the age of 60 or more, as it is difficult to cover high prices of care services in institutional forms of living. We find that young people and the elderly help each other with the financing of real estate. We note that the most important role is played by the middle generation, who must financially assist both, their children in their independence and

Boštjan Kerbler1 \* and Barbara Kolar2

\*Address all correspondence to: bostjan.kerbler@uirs.si

1 Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Slovenia

2 Infrastructure and Real Estate Management Department, European Faculty of Law, New University, Slovenia
