Affordable senior housing positioned to benefit from ‘historic investments’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 09, 2021
As information begins to trickle out from House committees hammering out plans for the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, affordable senior housing is positioned to benefit from a “historic investments”...
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.
First ‘LGBT-affirming’ senior housing community opens in San Diego
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 01, 2018
The grand opening for San Diego’s first “LGBT-affirming” senior housing community, North Park Seniors, was Friday.
Provider group concerns with House, Senate tax bills continue
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 17, 2017
Provider groups continued to express concerns over provisions in the $1.5 trillion tax reform legislation that passed 227-205 Thursday in the House of Representatives and in the tax reform bill under consideration...
$3 trillion HEROES Act passes in House with provisions for senior living, but Senate prospects dim
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 18, 2020
Although it remains to be seen whether the HEROES Act reaches the president’s desk, five provisions of the original or House-passed bill have a chance of becoming law, according to one source. Read other...
House tax bill foes decry potential effects on seniors’ medical costs, housing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 10, 2017
Advocates for senior living and affordable housing have expressed opposition to H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, proposed by Republicans in the House of Representatives, because it eliminates the medical...
Rent reforms proposed Wednesday by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson “would immediately impact seniors” living in subsidized housing if passed, despite assertions to the contrary...
Senior living leaders take fight for support of Build Back Better Act straight to public
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 12, 2022
In an open letter to the American public Tuesday, 32 national and regional nonprofit aging services, health and social support leaders sounded the alarm about the “growing crisis” for older adults...
39% of adults in their 70s view Social Security as ‘a lifeline’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 21, 2020
Thirty-nine percent of respondents to a new survey who were aged 70 to 79 said they plan to rely on Social Security in retirement “a lot, as a lifeline to keep me afloat,” suggesting both challenges...
‘Most important moment in a generation’: LeadingAge offers Congress blueprint to national aging services...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 02, 2021
Modernizing aging buildings, increasing affordable senior housing stock, investing in workforce recruitment and retention, and financing are key factors in a blueprint for building the national aging infrastructure...