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A single lot in Delta, B.C., that used to be home to a single rancher built in the 80s is the site of four separate homes, housing four generations of the same family.

The property and what its owners have done with it is generating buzz online, after international YouTuber Kirsten Dirksen posted a video that has racked up hundreds of thousands of views since it was posted on Sunday.

With many young people unable to enter the housing market and many seniors struggling with housing, long-time Delta residents John and Kathleen Higgins built the homes for their two children and 94-year-old mother.

“There’s so much demand for affordable home ownership. Not just rental, not just subsidized government, but home ownership on the ground. That’s what people want”, explains Kathleen.

The idea formed in 2013 when John, also a professional architect, created a cardboard model of the project and Kathleen pitched it to …

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