In France, the first European village for gay and lesbian couples over 50 years will be built in 2015. The reason for this unusual construction of the village is the demand of older gay couples to live in a friendly environment. A company The Villages Group is going to meet this demand by building the Rainbow village, located on a plot of seven acres in the Languedoc region in the South West of France, reports ee24.com portal.
Europe's first gay village consists of affordable, environmentally friendly and energy-efficient housing. The starting price for the houses is €236,000. Danny Silver, a founding partner of The Villages Group, said that in the village of Rainbow gay and lesbian couples over 50 years old will be able to live an active life among like-minded people. The settlement will boast an ideal location, great weather, unforgettable French cuisine. The project costs about €25 million.
The gay community is becoming a new player in the European real estate market for retirees. Previously, such housing was built for customer groups as old artists, musicians, military veterans and scientist.
According to a study conducted by the British LGBT organization Stonewall, there are between 871,045 to 1,219,470 gays and lesbians over 55 in the UK at the moment, approximately the same number as the population of Birmingham. But it is not only in numbers. Gays of the baby boomer generation is the first generation of retiring after playing for gay rights in the 1970s, after the law legalizing gay marriage in England, Wales and France.
Over the last decade manners were softened, and many people live openly in a gay marriage. It has launched a wave of construction projects around the world. However, in Europe such plans until recently existed only on paper.
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