Version 1.6.11

February 13, 2026

Households

Families share a home, split rent, and make decisions together.

Families move as one: When a household relocates or gets evicted, everyone moves together
Rent is shared: Working-age adults in a household split the rent equally
Young adults grow up gradually Adult children no longer instantly leave home. They stay with their parents until they land a job and save up enough for rent
Homeless citizens try family first: When someone loses their home, they’ll try to move in with a parent’s household
Families form naturally: When two parents have a child together, their households merge
Immigrants arrive as families: New citizens moving to your city now arrive in family groups
Unit-based occupancy: Buildings are now tracked by apartment units, not raw headcount. A 12-unit apartment building shows “7/12 units rented (58%)” rather than “42/60 residents.” This affects vacancy rates, rent adjustments, and demand calculations

We revamped how the game classifies households into socioeconomic tiers, based on how the Pew Research Center classifies in real life.

Households are mainly classified by how much they earn from their jobs
Income is compared to the city’s median: 2x the median means upper income, less than 2/3 means lower income, everyone else is middle income
High net worth is still wealth-based (over $1M) as a separate overlay on top
We went from 5 tiers to 4 by merging working class and low income into one “lower income” group
Upper income households now leave the city if they can’t find a home away from disapproval buildings, just like high net worth ones already did