The availability of affordable housing for older adults can reduce the need for emergency department visits, nursing home stays and other supportive services, believe 62% of participants in a new national...
Make affordable housing a debate topic, groups say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 09, 2019
Some of the nation’s largest providers of affordable senior housing, as well as associations representing aging services providers, were among the 600 organizations sending a letter to the moderators...
Experts discuss future of HUD Section 202 program
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 23, 2016
Calling the Section 202 program “the lifeblood of senior housing,” a former Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary shared his thoughts about the future of the program during...
$900,000 project will test housing with supportive services model
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 07, 2017
Hebrew SeniorLife will use $900,000 in funding to test a model of housing with supportive services that it says could improve quality of life and reduce medical costs for older adults living in affordable...
New York initiative to invest more than $150 million in seniors housing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 17, 2017
New York City plans to invest more than $150 million over the next 11 years to help meet the housing needs of seniors under a slate of new affordable housing programs, Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced.
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.
Inspections of HUD-assisted and insured housing begin under new rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 10, 2023
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development now has the authority to inspect public housing under the final rule for the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate, or NSPIRE.
Wages complicate housing for senior living workers: report
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 15, 2018
Senior living communities and long-term care facilities employ workers in job categories that are expected to be among the fastest-growing types over the next 10 years, according to projections from the...
LeadingAge CA seeks new leader
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 09, 2015
The third-largest LeadingAge state affiliate is seeking a new president and CEO in the wake of the news that current LeadingAge California President and CEO Joanne Handy plans to retire in 2016.
Recognizing relevance
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 11, 2016
As we roll into film awards season, one slate in particular grabbed my attention this past week when winners were announced.