It’s not directly related to senior housing but the Nintendo Wii is popping up in senior centers, assisted living facilities, and senior homes as an activity which promotes motion and interactivity amongst seniors. “When Wii came along, we knew it was easy enough for anyone to play, but we were surprised with how quickly the […]
Category: Senior Housing
In February 2009, analog TV broadcast will end and TV sets that are not able to display digital only television signals will cease to operate. This is for people who don’t receive television signals from cable, satellite or other pay television service. It is estimated that only 15 million households in the United States have […]
The Fountain City, Indiana Lions Club broke ground last week on their $1.1 million dollar low-income, senior housing project. The club worked for 3 years to secure the property, financing and permits to build the 12 units project. Units are available to seniors over 62 years of age and that earn 40-60% of the area’s […]
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 […]
The Ivey, a $5 million dollar adult day care center, is the newest trend in adult day care – upscale. Located in Charlotte, the Ivey touts themselves as the “newest and most luxurious option for day time-only socialization and care for older adults.” Luxurious is the word to describe it – the exterior is reminiscent of […]
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 […]
Recently, the city commissioners of Twin Lake, Florida cleared the way for a large senior housing project that has been in the works for over a decade. The project calls for 22 duplex villas with two car garages, a centralized apartment building containing 63 independent living units and a centralized community center with a central […]
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 […]
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