Most affordable seniors housing providers can’t afford pandemic supplies: survey
By
Amy Novotney
Oct 22, 2020
The majority (69%) of affordable seniors housing providers say they are at least financially strained — if not severely financially strained — as a result of having to pay for personal protective equipment,...
A new affordable housing option?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 14, 2017
Dr. Bill Thomas has a new project for affordable seniors housing: tiny houses that could be used as accessory dwelling units (“granny pods”) or clustered into so-called pocket neighborhoods.
Hebrew SeniorLife expansion gets funding from town
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 28, 2021
The nonprofit Hebrew SeniorLife in Randolph, MA, is expanding its affordable senior housing with help from the town, and the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development will support the...
Governor vetoes bill that would have increased affordable senior housing access
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 17, 2023
A bill that would have increased California’s goal for development of affordable senior housing has been struck down by the governor.
City settles with Justice Department, will pay $410,000 for not approving affordable housing development
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 27, 2018
The Village of Tinley Park, IL, will pay $410,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that it violated the Fair Housing Act when it refused to approve an affordable housing development in response to race-based...
Justice Department sues village for stalling on affordable housing project
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 28, 2016
An affordable housing project that could be home to older adults, senior living workers and others in the future has been impeded by an Illinois village in response to race-based opposition in the community,...
Government awards $51.6 million for senior housing construction, service delivery
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 10, 2020
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Friday announced awards of more than $51.6 million to a total of 18 nonprofit organizations to finance affordable senior housing construction, provide...
LeadingAge Ziegler 150 has new #1 for 2015
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 04, 2015
A new system tops the LZ 150 list of the country’s largest not-for-profit multi-site senior living organizations for the first time in the list’s history.
Industry advocates use nursing home mention in SOTU to press for COVID-19 relief
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 03, 2022
Although President Biden took direct aim at overhauling federal nursing home regulations during his State of the Union address, aging services leaders are using the mention of long-term care as an opportunity...
Good news, bad news on affordable housing front
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 22, 2016
There’s bad news and good news concerning affordable housing in the United States, according to speakers at a Wednesday press conference at which the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies released...