HUD proposes closing qualified contract loophole for LIHTC transactions
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 19, 2024
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has proposed guidance meant to close the qualified contract loophole in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program for Federal Housing Administration multifamily...
Business briefs, Aug. 8
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 08, 2024
Provider seeks dismissal of class-action suit over alleged immigrant labor law violations … CCRC adopts Journeys memory care model … Connecticut launches grant program for home healthcare worker safety...
HUD should address insurance problems with affordable senior housing, LeadingAge says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 07, 2024
In a letter this week to the acting secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, LeadingAge called on the agency to work with Congress, other federal agencies and state insurers to address...
Affordable senior housing thrust into spotlight as advocates press lawmakers to address shortfalls
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 24, 2024
The lack of affordable senior housing in the United States is the focus of two separate efforts this week by advocates for the senior living industry, with both calling for the allocation of more federal...
Industry advocate defends CCRC model after bankruptcy attention
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 16, 2024
The bankruptcy filings of several continuing care retirement / life plan communities has gained the attention of the Wall Street Journal, prompting a letter to the editor from LeadingAge defending the...
Business briefs, July 16
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 16, 2024
OSHA-proposed rules affecting senior living providers could come by year’s end … Industry advocate defends CCRC model after bankruptcy attention … LeadingAge Maryland, LifeSpan Network hold inaugural...
SCOTUS places ‘tombstone’ on Chevron doctrine, upending operation of federal agencies
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 01, 2024
A Supreme Court decision handed down Friday morning could transform the way federal agencies operate, providing the basis for senior living operators and other companies to challenge agency decisions.
AI could open doors to advances in care, operations in senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 01, 2024
Aging services organizations already are using artificial intelligence, whether or not they realize it, a panel of experts said Thursday.
National Tenants Bill of Rights lays out ‘essential rights’ for older adult and other renters
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 26, 2024
A National Tenants Bill of Rights could equip the nation’s 114 million renters — among them affordable senior housing residents — with a new tool against housing instability, harassment, eviction...
When it comes to nation’s older adults, ‘affordable housing matters’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 24, 2024
Low-income older adults are spending record amounts of income on housing. That’s one takeaway message that LeadingAge Senior Vice President of Policy Linda Couch said she has from a report released Thursday.