Lutheran Senior Services / Diakon agreement forms one of largest US nonprofit LTC organizations … CMS releases Medicare, Medicaid enrollment figures … CMS issues new guidance, other resources related...
Mandatory rent control would undermine housing goals, says provider coalition including ASHA
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 14, 2023
Mandatory rent control and rent stabilization policies like the ones under consideration by the federal government “have proven time and time again to increase rents, reduce the capital needed to boost...
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.
3-year pilot to test wellness programming in senior housing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 21, 2021
A three-year pilot project by two nonprofit senior living providers in New Jersey aims to gauge the ability of specialized programming to improve the health and well-being of affordable senior housing...
Members of Congress show support for affordable housing in bobbed Build Back Better Act
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 19, 2021
As negotiations between leaders in the legislative and executive branches of government continue over what provisions will be included in a slimmed-down Build Back Better Act, two “dear colleague”...
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Jun 28, 2021
DA reverses plans to seek death penalty for alleged senior living serial killer … FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation to donanemab and lecanemab for Alzheimer’s … Vapors from alcohol-based...
Record-breaking $1.09B disbursed for affordable housing as provider group lobbies for $1.2B in COVID...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 04, 2021
The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s announcement of the authorization of a record-breaking $1.09 billion disbursement to the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac affordable housing allocations “will undoubtedly...
HUD now interprets Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 12, 2021
Elder advocacy organizations said Thursday that they welcomed an announcement by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that it now interprets the Fair Housing Act to bar discrimination on...
Assisted living owner pleads guilty in $3.6 million mortgage fraud case
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 11, 2021
The owner of an assisted living facility in Texas pleaded guilty Wednesday to defrauding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and has agreed to pay restitution, the Department of Justice...
More COVID-19 relief needed before January, provider groups say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 10, 2020
While congratulating President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victories at the polls, executives of the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living...