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...
National Tenants Bill of Rights lays out ‘essential rights’ for older adult and other renters
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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...
Past provides inspiration as Landis Communities plots its future
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 21, 2023
An original history of the first 30 years of one Pennsylvania-based provider’s journey proved prophetic as expansion plans circle back to the founder’s original vision of a community without walls.
HUD funding amendments concern senior living advocates
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 10, 2023
House of Representatives-proposed amendments to the fiscal year 2024 federal housing spending bill are raising concerns among senior living advocates.
Proposal would increase funding, training for affordable senior housing service coordinators
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 11, 2023
A new bill intended to expand and improve service coordination programs in affordable housing was introduced this week, adding a potential funding mechanism for tax credit-financed housing.
Proposed 15 percent cut to Section 202 funding shows ‘tremendous disregard’ for older adult housing...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 14, 2023
A House of Representatives funding proposal that cuts 15% from the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly program compared with fiscal year 2023 funding demonstrates a “tremendous disregard”...
Section 202, other HUD programs ‘on track to be gutted’ in appropriations process
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 15, 2023
Plans by the House Appropriations Committee to limit overall spending to fiscal year 2022 levels will “drastically reduce funding for the House’s Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD)...
Lack of investment in affordable senior housing could mean more older adults ‘moving to the streets’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 21, 2023
Maintaining funding levels at current levels through a continuing resolution would be a setback that could have negative consequences for affordable senior housing.