Long Island Newsday

Multigenerational households on the rise

Originally published: November 24, 2012 7:42 PM
Updated: November 24, 2012 8:14 PM
By OLIVIA WINSLOW olivia.winslow@newsday.com

Photo credit: Randee Daddona | Hayley Elroumy, 10, her mom, Caron Elroumy and grandmother, Linda Copenhaver all live together in a mobile home in Riverhead. (Nov. 20, 2012)

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Driven by necessity, Caron Elroumy and her two children moved to Riverhead two years ago, joining her mother in the older woman's 12-by-60-foot mobile home.

"I had nowhere else to go" other than perhaps a shelter, said Elroumy, 41, a stay-at-home mom who formerly lived in Quogue. Her marriage had faltered -- she's seeking a divorce -- and with it her economic standing.

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