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...
No need to trash this emerging senior living option
By
John O'Connor
Mar 30, 2017
I have seen the future of senior living. And it looks a lot like a trailer park. Come to think of it, it just might be a trailer park.
Budget could cut $42 million for affordable senior housing, service coordinators
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 14, 2017
Rental assistance for more than 23,000 older adult households and funding for 360 service coordinators in affordable senior housing would be eliminated if $42 million in budget cuts reportedly being considered...
Imperiled tax credit could lead to improved health, report says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 30, 2017
“Evidence is building” that the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit has a positive effect on the health of residents of affordable housing, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Bipartisan...
American Jobs Plan pumps money into affordable housing market but has ‘unprecedented labor mandates,’...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 02, 2021
President Biden’s proposed American Jobs Plan pairs $213 billion in direct funding with more than $100 billion in new and expanded tax credits with bipartisan support to build and modernize affordable...
A spending plan that just might put you out of business
By
John O'Connor
May 25, 2017
With the Trump administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018, it’s guns versus butter, and guns are now in the lead, right? Not exactly.
One-fifth of new project to feature ‘affordable rates’
By
Amy Novotney
May 11, 2020
Real estate and development firm KT Urban received unanimous approval by the city of Cupertino Environmental Review Committee this month to move forward with its plans for an enhanced senior and family...
LeadingAge urges Congress to adopt comprehensive COVID-19 relief package for older adults, care workers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 11, 2020
As Congress considers a new COVID-19 relief package, LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan urged House and Senate leaders to follow through on the federal government’s initial down payment to...
Operators seek resolution to these issues in the new year
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2017
Several regulatory issues remain unresolved for senior living operators as 2017 begins.
Harvard study: Elderly demographics will crush existing housing and service options
By
John O'Connor
Dec 14, 2016
The nation’s surging elderly population will create unprecedented demand for affordable housing and service options within two decades, a Harvard University study asserts.