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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016 Congressional panel releases critical Cover Oregon report Goodbye, empty nest: Millennials staying longer at home with parents Sharp shift relects decline in marriages By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON — Many of America’s young adults appear to be in no hurry to move out of their old bedrooms. For the irst time on record, living with parents is now the most common arrangement for people ages 18 to 34, an anal- ysis of census data by the Pew Research Center has found. Nearly one-third of millen- nials live with their parents, slightly more than the propor- tion who live with a spouse or partner. It’s the irst time that living at home has outpaced living with a spouse for this age group since such record-keep- ing began in 1880. The remaining young adults are living alone, with other relatives, in college dorms, as roommates or under other circumstances. Fewer marriages The sharp shift relects a long-running decline in mar- riage, ampliied by the economic upheavals of the Great Reces- sion. The trend has been particu- larly evident among Americans who lack a college degree. The pattern may be a con- tributing factor in the slug- gish growth of the U.S. econ- omy, which depends heavily on consumer spending. With more young people living with their parents rather than on their own, fewer people need to buy AP Photo/John Amis Members of the graduating class and faculty attend the Savannah College of Art and Design commence- ment in Atlanta. appliances, furniture or cable subscriptions. The recovery from the 2008-09 recession has also been hobbled by histori- cally low levels of home con- struction and home ownership. As recently as 2000, nearly 43 percent of young adults ages 18 to 34 were married or living with a partner. By 2014, that pro- portion was just 31.6 percent. In 2000, only 23 percent of young adults were living with parents. In 2014, the igure reached 32.1 percent. The proportion of young adults now living with their parents is similar to the propor- tions that prevailed from 1880 through 1940, when the ig- ure peaked, Pew found. Yet in those decades, the most com- mon arrangement for young adults was living with a spouse rather than with parents. “We’ve simply got a lot more singles,” said Richard Fry, lead author of the report and a senior economist at the Pew Research Center. “They’re the group much more likely to live with their parents.” The typical U.S. woman now marries at 27.1 years old, the typical man at 29.2, accord- ing to census data. That’s up from record lows of 20.1 for women and 22.5 for men in 1956. “They’re concentrating more on school, careers and work and less focused on form- ing new families, spouses or partners and children,” Fry said of the millennials. Associated Press SALEM — A Republi- can-led U.S. House commit- tee has found former Gov. John Kitzhaber and a federal agency mishandled the cre- ation of Oregon’s health insur- ance enrollment website, with the Democratic governor’s political advisers making deci- sions based on his re-election campaign. In a staff report released Wednesday, the Republicans on the committee said they are asking the Justice Depart- ment and state attorney general to conduct criminal investiga- tions into the actions involving Cover Oregon. “More than $305 million in federal taxpayer dollars were sent to Oregon state for pur- poses of implementing a state exchange to beneit the peo- ple,” the committee said in a letter to U.S. Attorney Gen- eral Loretta Lynch. “The state exchange never came to frui- tion, and the money is gone.” Jobs and wages Among young men, declin- ing employment and falling wages are another factor keep- ing many of today’s 18-to-34- year-olds unmarried, Fry said. The share of young men with jobs fell to 71 percent in 2014, the report found, from 84 per- cent in 1960 — the year when the proportion of young adults living outside the home peaked. Incomes have fallen as well: Wages, adjusted for inlation, plunged 34 percent for the typ- ical young man from 2000 to 2014. Other factors contribut- ing to the trend of living with parents range from rising apartment rents to heavy stu- dent-debt loads to longer peri- ods in college. Many analysts had expected that as the economy improved, younger adults would increas- ingly move out on their own. That hasn’t happened. Jed Kolko, a senior fellow at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley, says soar- ing rents are discouraging some millennials from leaving their parents’ homes. The Republican-controlled Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said its investigation showed state ofi- cials misused federal money and improperly commingled oficial and political resources to enrich the Kitzhaber’s polit- ical prospects. However Dem- ocrats on the panel blamed the state’s contractor, Califor- nia-based Oracle Corporation, for the website’s problems. In their own report released Wednesday Democrats say Oracle failed to deliver a func- tioning website and misled state oficials. Oregon produced the coun- try’s worst rollout of the new national health insurance pro- gram. While the crippled federal website eventually worked, Oregon’s failed to enroll a single person online. The state had to resort to hir- ing 400 people to process paper applications. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ “failed oversight of the development and implementation of Cover Oregon resulted in millions of wasted taxpayer dollars,” the committee said. The fed- eral agency should reform its grant and oversight process, the panel said. The committee said docu- ments and testimony it obtained are consistent with the indings of the Government Account- ability Ofice, a congressional watchdog agency. The com- mittee report also noted Cover Oregon is not unique. “Several other states have had signiicant problems developing and implementing a health insurance exchange,” the report said. An email seeking comment from Kitzhaber early Wednes- day morning through his ian- cée, Cylvia Hayes, wasn’t immediately returned. Repre- sentatives of CMS also didn’t immediately return a request for comment. A representative for Oracle didn’t immediately return a phone call and email seeking comment. County court adds six advocates for kids The Daily Astorian The Clatsop Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program recently announced six new volun- teers have joined in serving abused and neglected chil- dren in the Clatsop County child welfare system. Clatsop County Circuit Court Judge Paula Brownhill conducted the swearing-in of the volunteers earlier this month, who participated in nearly 40 hours of training. There are 50 active CASA volunteers in the count. The volunteers are the only participants in the child welfare system who speak solely for the child’s best interest in making informed recommendations to the court and advocating for services in the child welfare system, according to the program. They work to achieve a safe, permanent and lov- ing home for each child, as soon as possible. Current volunteers are serving more than 80 chil- dren each year. There is still a waiting list of children who need an advocate. Volunteer training will be held again in October. Those interested can contact Chel- sea Bergman or Ann Lederer, Program Managers, by call- ing 503-338-6063, email- ing casa@clatsopcasa.org, or visiting our website: www. clatsop-casa.org. Apartments: Farmer worries about getting complaints from new neighbors Continued from Page 1A Krueger has previ- ously built the Edgewa- ter at Mill Pond apartments in Uppertown and the Yacht Club Apartments at the north- ern end of the Old Youngs Bay Bridge. Consultant Mike Weston, who is representing Krueger, said a community and traf- ic impact analysis was per- formed. They approached local utilities, developed a walking path to the school, have agree- ments with the sewer district and plan to provide 267 park- ing spaces. “You have the makings of a vibrant community within a couple miles of downtown Astoria,” Weston said. The project application was accompanied by letters of support from Astoria Mayor Arline LaMear, Astoria School District Superintendent Craig Hoppes, Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce Exec- utive Director Skip Hauke and Clatsop Economic Devel- opment Resources Director Kevin Leahy. In addition, the Oregon Department of Transportation and Clatsop County Public Works have signed off on the work. “The proposed apartment project in the Miles Cross- ing area would be a godsend,” LaMear wrote in a letter of support. “(It) would greatly assist in meeting the needs for affordable housing in both Astoria and in Clatsop County as a whole.” Opposition Nearly a dozen neighbors W EDNESDAY E VENING (2) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KRCW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (3) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) 6 PM “If they use up all of the sewer hookups, is that going to put a moratorium on sewer hookups for the rest of the vacant lots that are trying to build there someday?” Lind- berg said. A condition of the project application will be for Krueger to provide documentation of sewer service for each phase of the construction, according to county staff. Dairy farmer Brad Cowan, who works on 700 acres along Lewis and Clark Road, raised concerns about hundreds of LISTINGS THE DAILY ASTORIAN A spoke in opposition at the hear- ing in the Astoria City Council chambers. Lisa Lindberg, a Miles Crossing resident, questioned how Krueger has an agree- ment with the sewer district, when the district’s rules state it does not allow multifamily dwellings. Others called the agree- ment a “sweetheart deal,” and warned if the sewer hookup is not done correctly it could trigger issues with the state Department of Environmental Quality. new residents moving into the farmland without any appre- ciation or understanding of agriculture. Cowan often rides his farming equipment slowly down the road, and won- ders how that will work with more people on the road- way. 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