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Older adults are facing uncertainty amid major life changes, and like millions of others, they are again looking for roommates to split costs. The increased cost of living is taking its toll on ...
As the cost of living continues to increase, many seniors are looking to home sharing as a more affordable housing alternative. Find out what you need to know about the growing trend.
Note to seniors seeking independent- or assisted-living communities: No time like the present. With occupancy rates down and rent growth slowing, some private-pay (non-government) senior-housing ...
Volunteers of America (VOA) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1896 that provides affordable housing and other assistance services primarily to low-income people throughout the United States.
In Toronto, rooming houses were common in the 1930s, during the Great Depression, because "wealthy homeowners" who had guest houses would rent out empty rooms to be able to keep their homes. After WWII, the city ensured that rooming house spaces were available for returning soldiers. [ 9 ]
ASHA's membership owns and/or manages more than 600,000 units of senior apartments, independent living, assisted living, and continuing care retirement communities. The ASHA sponsors a political action committee named the Seniors Housing PAC. [2] [3] David S. Schless has been the president of the organization since its founding in 1991. [4]
While housing is expensive for everyone — the median rent is $2,100 which requires a salary of $75,600 to be affordable — it’s nearly impossible for the thousands of seniors in public housing.
Senior living is a concept that encompasses a range of housing and lifestyle options for ageing persons adapted to the interests and challenges of health issues associated with ageing, such as limited mobility and susceptibility to illness.