Research, Reports, Data and Publications
on Seniors in Public Housing

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1. A Report to Congress by the Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century: A Quiet Crisis in America.

The Seniors Commission was created to study and report back to Congress on housing and health facility needs for this and the next generation of seniors in America. It was empowered to offer specific policy and legislative recommendations to increase affordable housing and improve health-related service options for seniors now and as the Baby Boomer generation reaches retirement age. Existing and commissioned research - along with expert and public testimony compiled at field hearings across the United States - have been used to compile this report.

The report can found at: http://www.seniorscommission.gov/pages/final_report/finalreport.pdf

2. The Housing Research Foundation (HRF) has published Public Housing for Seniors: Past, Present and Future.

A report on the nation's largest program for housing low-income elderly persons. The elderly population of America's public housing is a diverse lot. They are united by their very low incomes, and, to some extent, by their age, but otherwise they are as different in their demographic and socioeconomic characteristics as any group of Americans. However, the available summary statistics on elderly public housing residents diverge in important respects for both the average elderly household and from the general public housing population.

The report can be found at: http://www.housingresearch.org/hrf/hrfhome.nsf/
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3. Recent Hearing Held by the US Senate Special Commitee on Aging.

As a result of a recent hearing held by the US Senate Special Commitee on Aging, Committee staff members asked assisted living stakeholders to develop report recommendations designed to ensure more consistent quality in assisted living services nationwide. The primary directive was to be inclusive and permit any interested national organization to participate in the endeavor. Shortly thereafter, a core group of assisted living stakeholders extended invitations to numerous national organizations. Subsequently, the Assisted Living Workgroup formed with nearly 50 organizations representing providers, consumers, long term care and health care professionals, regulators and accrediting bodies. The report, the Assisted Living Workgroup; Assuring Quality in Assisted Living: Guidelines for Federal and State Policy, State Regulation, and Operations, was presented to the US Senate Special Committee on Aging in April 2003.

The report can be found at: http://www.aahsa.org/alw/intro.pdf

4. Volunteers of America. Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University. Affordable Assisted Living: Surveying the Possibilities.

This report examines the demand for affordable assisted living, lessons from the private-pay market, and specific challenges of assembling a financing package to subsidize the development and operation of affordable assisted living facilities.
http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/publications/seniors/03-1_schuetz.pdf