Yesterday I highlighted the “Cadillac” of Adult Day Care Facilities that seemed to have all the bells and whistles and the price tag to along with it. I thought I would highlight a few others around the country that have made the news lately. “Beacon Hill Village helps persons age 50 and older who live […]
Category: Affordable Housing
AF Evans, the Mayor’s Office on Housing in San Francisco, and Openhouse announced plans to build a new affordable, senior housing project at the former UC Extension site at Laguna. Openhouse is a non-profit community-based organization founded ten years ago to provide housing, services and community programs for the city’s large and growing LGBT senior population. Based upon […]
The current national housing market is slow for everyone and does not discriminate against the young and the old. For many seniors that have significant equity in their home that represents a large portion of their net worth, a quick sale or a below market sale price is detremental to their financial situation that can […]
A new senior housing facility with 67 units opened this month in Springfield, Illinois and the project received support from the state of Illinois with almost $8 million dollars in state loans and tax credits. The facility was constructed by non-profit developer Abundant Faith Christian Center. Sixty of the units are reserved for low income […]
I recently read an article that discussed a zoning commission’s rejection of a local developer’s proposal for a regulation change that would have created the way for a large housing development project but was turned down on the basis of age restriction. While municipalities in general have provided incentives for age restricted developments in the forms of […]
Thank goodness there are people with foresight on planning for their town’s growing senior citizen population and Buena, New Jersey is a terrific example. The state’s growing senior citizen demographic is good news as far as borough development policy is concerned. Almost six years ago, the borough put out a welcome mat for builders eyeing […]
Providence Community Housing and Enterprise recently announced the investment of $41 million in Gulf Opportunity (GO) Zone low-income housing tax credit equity to renovate three senior apartment buildings and one multi-family apartment building as part of a partnership to redevelop 7,000 houses and apartments damaged by Hurricane Katrina for low-income seniors and families. The Gulf […]
The California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) has approved $5.525 million in long term, 30 year fixed rate loans which will allow the owners of an existing affordable housing complex in Los Angeles to preserve affordable senior rentals in LA county. The building, which houses 88 units, will undergo a seismic retrofit and receive replacement windows […]
An article in the Sacramento Bee raises a concern that there may not be enough Senior Housing supply for its aging population over the next 40 years. City officials estimated that the number of Seniors who may require some type of specialized housing is expected to triple during this time period. While Sacramento is the […]
Whether you live in the United States or abroad, common themes keep arising when it comes to Senior Housing. Some of the trends presented at a recent conference in Melbourne, Australia include housing for seniors within universities, alongside golf courses, above retail shopping centres and even set over railway stations. Some observations include that the […]
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