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Ensuring Financial Security & Affordable Housing for Older AmericansDr. Rodney Harrell, Sr. Strategic Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy InstituteMarch 23,2012
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Boomers’ concern: Not being able to afford to stay in current home for the rest of one’s life.
Source: AARP Public Policy Institute, 2012. “Boomers and the Great Recession: Struggling to Recover”
Age category: 50-64
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State Housing Profiles: www.aarp.org/statehousingprofiles
Fewer 50+ Householders Own Without Mortgages
Source: Harrell, Housing for Older Adults: The Impacts of the Recession, AARP Public Policy Institute, 2011
50+ Householders Who Own With
Mortgages
Source: Harrell, Housing for Older Adults: The Impacts of the Recession, AARP Public Policy Institute, 2011
Lower-Income Households Age 50+ Experience Significant Housing Cost
Burdens
Source: Harrell, Housing for Older Adults: The Impacts of the Recession, AARP Public Policy Institute, 2011
Housing Cost Burdens are Worsening for Older Adults
Source: Harrell, Housing for Older Adults: The Impacts of the Recession, AARP Public Policy Institute, 2011
Meeting the Affordability Need
Source: Center for Housing Policy: “Housing an Aging Population, Are we Prepared?” 2012
PPI Report:
“Preserving Affordability and Access in Livable Communities: Subsidized Housing Opportunities near Transit and the 50+ Population”
Authors:
Rodney Harrell, PhD
AARP Public Policy Institute
Allison Brooks
Reconnecting America
Todd Nedwick
National Housing Trust
AARP, Reconnecting America, and the National Housing Trust developed a study, research paper and Solutions Forum that looked at housing, transportation, and land use.
This study looked at the differences between housing near transit and housing far from transit, the location of subsidized housing in 20 cities, and how housing location mattered to older persons who lived in those apartments.
PPI Report #2009-15
• Long waiting lists for housing
• Safety and perception of safety were issues
• Lack of access to train station limits the use by residents
• Good bus service on main avenues, problems getting elsewhere
Cleveland, OH
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• The downtown location in Minneapolis has access to light rail, buses, shopping
• Car access not as important as in other areas due to effective, useful transit
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Nicollet Towers
Nicollet Mall
Light Rail Station
Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
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Who Benefits the Most from Housing Near Transit?
Minimal Benefit Full Benefit
Low Amount of LimitationsHigh Amount of Limitations
Individual: Open to the idea of transit, without unaddressed cognitive or physical impairments, and able to read and
understand signage
Community (External): Living in well-planned, safe, healthy
communities and in walkable neighborhoods with resources nearby.
Frequent, accessible, reliable transit service that connects to most other places that one
would want to travel to.
Individual: Significant physical limitations that prevent
boarding or waiting for transit.
Those who do not understand the transit system.
Community (External): Living in poorly planned or economically
struggling communities with little shopping or services nearby.
Poor transit service, including bus drivers who won’t stop, poor route planning, unreliable service, inaccessible stops/stations, high
crime levels.
Policy Implications• The preservation of existing (and
creation of new) affordable housing, particularly in advantageous locations.
Housing
• Greater integration of transportation and land use in policy, planning and implementation efforts
Integration
• Improvements and greater investment in transit
Transportation
Contact:
Rodney Harrell, [email protected]@DrUrbanPolicy (Twitter)Facebook.com/DrUrbanPolicy
AARP Public Policy Institute Livable Communities aarp.org/ppi/liv-com Twitter:@AARPpolicy
AARP.org/livable
AARP Foundation Housing Solutions Center: aarp.org/housingsolutionscenter (aarp.org/vivienda en Español)
Presentations will be available at www.ncrc.org/conference/ by March 29, 2013