‘Most important moment in decades’ for older adults, families’: LeadingAge
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 01, 2021
As Congress finalizes the $3.5 billion budget reconciliation package, long-term care leaders and providers are pushing the need for “game changing” investments for older adults and their caregivers.
Senior living industry pushes infrastructure agenda during budget talks
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 27, 2021
As legislative committees work on how to divvy up the $3.5 trillion approved by the House of Representatives earlier this week in the fiscal year 2022 budget resolution, the senior living and care industry...
Affordable housing options needed to address growing, aging Latino population
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 22, 2021
The demographic of Latinos aged more than 65 is expected to grow from what was 8% of the older adult population in 2016 to more than 20% by 2060, a recent report by NBC News noted, citing government statistics.
Senator urges colleagues to support $600 million for Section 202 homes in 2022 HUD budget
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 16, 2021
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is asking his colleagues to join him in requesting that the Senate HUD appropriations subcommittee to allocate $600 million for new Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly...
As report cites older adult struggle to meet expenses, expert says HCBS proposal won’t help middle...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 26, 2021
Older adults are struggling to meet cost-of-living expenses in the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas, according to a new report from UMass Boston’s Gerontology Institute. But federal, state and...
Draft bill contains $2.5 billion for affordable senior housing; HUD announces millions in COVID relief...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 16, 2021
A draft bill in the House of Representatives includes LeadingAge’s request for $2.5 billion for new affordable senior housing.
House Financial Services Committee considers draft bill that would provide $2.5 billion to support housing...
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 16, 2021
The House Financial Services Committee considered a draft bill Wednesday that would provide $2.5 billion for the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly program. The funding also would be able to...
White House topline funding requests include $180 million for new affordable senior housing
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 12, 2021
A $9 billion increase in federal funding to increase the supply and improve energy efficiency in affordable senior housing as well as to end homelessness are part of a White House discretionary funding...
California lawmaker working to garner support for additional funding of Section 202 Housing for the Elderly...
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 12, 2021
Last week, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), chairwoman of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, began circulating a sign-on letter to her House colleagues in support of strong rental assistance funding...
‘Most important moment in a generation’: LeadingAge offers Congress blueprint to national aging services...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 02, 2021
Modernizing aging buildings, increasing affordable senior housing stock, investing in workforce recruitment and retention, and financing are key factors in a blueprint for building the national aging infrastructure...