Manufactured homes may present competition for traditional senior living
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 09, 2021
Manufactured housing is beginning to look like a viable alternative to traditional senior living options for the 55-and-older age group, according to JLL’s recently published Manufactured Housing Report.
Bankers keeping close eye on senior living industry amid virus concerns
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 20, 2020
The increasing number of COVID-19 outbreaks at nursing homes and retirement communities across the nation has lenders worried about the financial health of these facilities, according to an article in...
Back to school taking on a new meaning for many locals
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 09, 2021
In what was once a high school in the downtown area of Paris, IL for longer than anyone can remember, Tiger Senior Apartments are now home to many of the town’s older residents.
Business briefs for Thursday, Dec. 3
Dec 03, 2020
Independent living and assisted living operators continue to face occupancy pressures: Ziegler poll … Many hospitals again postponing elective surgeries amid COVID-19 surge … Ensign Group acquires...
HUD awards $143 million in grants for affordable senior housing
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 24, 2021
The grants will go toward development of multifamily construction projects, ongoing project rental assistance for very low-income seniors under the department’s Section 202 Supportive Housing for the...
Most affordable seniors housing providers can’t afford pandemic supplies: survey
By
Amy Novotney
Oct 22, 2020
The majority (69%) of affordable seniors housing providers say they are at least financially strained — if not severely financially strained — as a result of having to pay for personal protective equipment,...
Hebrew SeniorLife expansion gets funding from town
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 28, 2021
The nonprofit Hebrew SeniorLife in Randolph, MA, is expanding its affordable senior housing with help from the town, and the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development will support the...
California lawmaker working to garner support for additional funding of Section 202 Housing for the Elderly...
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 12, 2021
Last week, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), chairwoman of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, began circulating a sign-on letter to her House colleagues in support of strong rental assistance funding...