The Implications and Practice and Policy Issues of Affordable Senior Housing with Services Options
The Affordable Senior Housing with Services Practice and Policy Issues brief discusses the potential implications of expanding affordable senior housing with services options and the practice and policy issues that may have to be addressed to do so.
The key implications are:
- The supply of affordable housing options must grow.
- Affordable senior housing with services options are potentially cost effective additions to state long-term care systems.
- Affordable senior housing with services options may enhance housing providers’ capacity to comply with Olmsted and fair housing laws.
- Successful affordable senior housing with services options require breaking down long-standing silos between housing and services.
Aligning affordable senior housing practices and policies with those of home and community-based services to promote successful affordable housing plus services options will not be easy. Many practice and policy issues and questions must be addressed.
This brief, along with three others, was prepared for a National Summit on Affordable Senior Housing with Services held in May 2010. Click here to see the other briefs and the Summit proceedings report.