One-fourth of older adults will have ‘severe need’ for long-term care: study … Maine budget supports direct care workers, older adults … HUD proposes restoring 2013 discriminatory effects rule...
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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...
Affordable housing options needed to address growing, aging Latino population
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 22, 2021
The demographic of Latinos aged more than 65 is expected to grow from what was 8% of the older adult population in 2016 to more than 20% by 2060, a recent report by NBC News noted, citing government statistics.
Expanding service coordinators in affordable senior housing key to supporting pandemic recovery for older...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 17, 2021
Although policymakers have taken “bold steps” to support consumers and the economy as the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, more needs to be done to support the housing needs of older adults,...
Senator urges colleagues to support $600 million for Section 202 homes in 2022 HUD budget
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 16, 2021
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is asking his colleagues to join him in requesting that the Senate HUD appropriations subcommittee to allocate $600 million for new Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly...
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...
Proposal to strip dollars from affordable housing, HCBS ‘unconscionable,’ aging services leaders...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 01, 2021
“Disturbing news” that Republican leadership’s $928 billion counterproposal to the Biden administration’s $2 trillion infrastructure bill strips out every dollar to support affordable senior housing...
‘Exploding’ number of renters highlights need to expand affordable senior housing program: Urban...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 27, 2021
The Urban Institute is calling for an expansion of the federal Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly program, pointing to projections that the number of adult renters will increase by 5.5 million...
Bill would invest $100 million, test program to bolster housing, service access for grandparent-led families
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 14, 2021
A proposed bill seeks to invest $100 million over the next two years into affordable senior housing to modify that housing and invest in staff to help residents raising grandchildren access resources.
HUD announces return to senior housing physical inspections
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 04, 2021
More advance notice and adjusted prioritization highlighted the recent federal announcement about a return to physical inspections of multifamily housing communities and public housing agencies, including...