Should a 20 and 22 year old living at home be required to pay rent?

Question

or just have chores to do?

Answer 1

If the person is in the financial position to be able to contribute toward paying the rent, then he/she should certainly be doing so.

It would be fair to assume that the person uses things like electricity, water, gas, food and drink… So a contribution toward the cost of living would not be considered inappropriate if he/she is in a position to do so !!!

If the person objects to having to pay rent, it may perhaps be worthwhile to compare the cost of living at home, to what he/she would be paying in rental accommodation, inclusive of the cost of food, drink, water, gas, and electricity.

Answer 2

Yes. He/she can pay rent and do some chores to cover a portion of the rent. Hey, nothing is free, and if you don't teach him/her how to manage their own money, then they'll live off you for the rest of their lives. Don't they consume electricity, water, cable, etc? I lived on my own at 22 and didn't ask for a cent from my parents. I got a job, rented a room somewhere and bought everything that I owned (yes, even my bed and tv--I didn't take anything from my parents' house) by working hard. My husband at 17, got a full-time job and studied part-time and was on his own too.

You should charge them the fair price to rent the room and enough to cover a portion of what they consume in utilities, say $400 each month, and maybe you can give them a $100 cut if they promise to do gardening, cleaning etc, or maybe 6-8 hours of chores per month.

If he/she thinks it's unfair, he/she can go find a job and live elsewhere. It's your house, so you can set up your own rules.

Answer 3

I am 24, and my brother is 21, and we are both living at home. We pay rent, but only a small amount to cover groceries and some of the bills. It's a lot cheaper than an apartment while I pay off loans, and the money helps my parents out a bit.

It's not ideal to pay to live at home, but it's so much nicer than paying 600 bucks a month for an apartment then add on utilities and groceries.
It's a blessing to be able to come back home after college.

Answer 4

I lived out on my own for 1 year when I was 18. I started college and moved back home to save money. While I was in school I did help out around the house. But I am 21 now and yes I pay my mother rent every month and still help out around the house and keep the yard up! Whatever she needs because she is my MOTHER!

Answer 5

Both mainly because your not a child anymore your parents aren't obligated to take care of you anymore. Therefore if you are still living at home then you have to take on responsibilities and pull your weight around the house until you move out. Which means that you should contribute to rent and any other bills also contribute to helping keep the house clean. Hell that's not too much to ask for it's light weight considering having your own place and having to pay everything out your pocket and not have any money left at all once your done paying all your bills.

Answer 6

I'm 22 yrs. old and still live at home with my parents. I don't pay rent, my parents haven't forced me to pay them rent. I have a job and currently in grad. school. The only thing that they ask for me to do is pay a bill every once in awhile and do my chores around the house. Other than that I can do whatever. I have my own freedom, no questions asked.

Answer 7

Pay rent. It will be helpful to know that in the real world, no rent or mortgages means no roof over head. You need to stop doing chores and only pay rent.

Answer 8

Rent. Absolutely.

They will never leave the house if they are not self-sufficient by their 20's; part of this is the ability to hold a job and pay their own way in life.

If anything, save up their rent; when they announce that they are moving into their own place, give the lump sum back to them as a startup gift for expenses - assuming that they are responsible to not go out and blow the whole wad on drink or drugs.

Answer 9

That person should be doing both! How much would it cost to rent an apartment or house? They are getting off cheap, living at home, who cooks for them, does their laundry, pays the electric bills etc? If they were renting, they would have to pay all this and do their own work!

Answer 10

I think that's a borderline age. I was in college during those years and moved home and lived rent free in the summers. I moved out on my own and started working full time when I was 23. I'd look at other circumstances. Are they in school, or just kinda drifting along without a real plan? I don't think you can answer this question based on age alone.