A shipshape approach to senior living?
What are the biggest barriers to affordable seniors housing Lately, this issue has received considerable discussion and some debate. For my money, two challenges rise above the rest.
Affordable housing
Biden’s infrastructure plan includes prioritized funding for affordable housing, long-term care
President Biden unveiled a $2 trillion, eight-year infrastructure plan on Wednesday with a nod to the needs of older adults and the long-term care industry. The first phase of the president’s American Jobs Plan, detailed in a 25-page briefing paper and discussed in an afternoon speech in Pittsburgh yesterday, aims to overhaul and upgrade America’s physical infrastructure and elevate health and senior care to “infrastructure” status.
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Shipping containers show promise as affordable senior living solution
Modified shipping containers may be part of the wave of the future when it comes to middle-market and affordable senior living, according to a webinar discussion earlier this month among gerontology students at the University of Southern California.
Include seniors in any proposed infrastructure bills, LeadingAge CEO says
As the Biden administration prepares to release details later this week on an economic plan providing federal investments in physical infrastructure, senior living leaders are urging lawmakers to prioritize the needs of older adults, particularly those in need of affordable housing.
‘Still work to do’: Nonrural providers, affordable senior housing operators need help, LeadingAge says
As the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act appears to be headed for President Biden’s desk for his signature in the coming days without additional direct relief for most aging services providers, LeadingAge is advocating for help for nonrural providers and operators of affordable senior housing communities.
Record-breaking $1.09B disbursed for affordable housing as provider group lobbies for $1.2B in COVID relief
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 increase the supply of affordable senior housing,” LeadingAge Vice President of Housing Policy Linda Couch said. The news comes as LeadingAge advocates for senators to prioritize the 2.5 million people in HUD-assisted senior housing who were left out of the House-passed COVID-19 relief package.
‘Unconscionable’: Senior living eliminated from COVID relief package
With the possibility that President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill could come to the House of Representatives for a vote as early as today, senior living industry leaders are sounding the alarm that the federal government is “abandoning and failing” older adults and their caregivers.
Affordable senior housing providers report COVID-19 spikes, severe financial strain: survey
A LeadingAge survey measuring the effects of COVID-19 on affordable senior housing providers found spikes in COVID-19 cases at communities, severe financial strain among providers and concerns about resident social isolation.
COVID relief package needs to address pandemic ‘dangers’ to older adults, provider group says
LeadingAge is stepping up calls on Congress to adopt a COVID relief package addressing the dangers that the pandemic poses to senior living residents and other older adults.
