Gen Z Leads the Way for DIY Projects on ‘Fixer-Upper’ Houses, Survey Finds

Gen Z is the most likely to buy older homes needing renovation and struggles the most with the financial burdens of maintaining them.

For Gen Z would-be homebuyers, purchasing an older home and renovating "could be their only hope in this market," said one expert. Stefa Nikolic/Getty Images/TNS

Generation Z, those born between 1997 and 2012, is now the nation’s most “hands-on” generation of homeowners.

Recent findings by the research team at This Old House indicated that 75 percent of Gen Z homeowners have taken on home improvement projects themselves after buying an older home.