Companies want to cut costs and use technology instead of people and real estate wherever possible. This means that things like hospitals, libraries, post offices, schools and universities will all be trying to locate themselves in your home in the future. The argument is that this saves you (and them) time, which in turn makes things cheaper. This is rubbish. Few, if any, of the cost savings are passed on to end users and such moves ignore the simple fact that people like to deal with people face to face. However, one area where having it ‘under your roof’ might work is aged care.There is already a trend called Extended Financial Families where two and even three generations of a family live under one roof. This does indeed save money but also improves the level of personal care in some instances.