Tag: retirement income

Social Security sign in a garden

Answering that question highlights the need for better data. A reporter asked the other day how dependent people were on Social Security. The query sent me scurrying to find the latest Social Security Administration statistical publication showing the percentage of households relying on Social Security for more than 50% or 90% of their income.  It…

Finger presses the search button in the search bar on a blue background.

 Soaring apartment rents and widowed or divorced baby boomers with spare bedrooms and inadequate retirement income – these two trends have conspired to drive up the number of boomers seeking roommates. New listings being posted by homeowners between January and June on Silvernest, a website where boomers can search for potential roommates, doubled to…