Housing Crisis: Section 202 Funding : Hearing Before the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, June 20, 1988 |
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AAHA would recommend AARP addition administration age in place American Association applications appropriate Association of Homes believe budget authority CHAIRMAN congregate housing CONGRESS LIBRARY CONGRESS THE LIBRARY construction elderly and handicapped elderly households elderly housing elderly population facilities fair market rent financing goal GRESS HELEN DELICH BENTLEY Hispanic homeowners House Appropriations Committee Housing and Urban housing needs housing policy HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM increased numbers Issaquena County Lehrmann LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS loan MARY ROSE OAKAR Mayersville Mayor Blackwell million Minneapolis-St Mississippi needs of older nonprofit sponsors number of elderly number of units older Americans older persons operating subsidies Pastalan pipeline prepayment problem proposed providing housing public housing reduced rental SCHOENBERGER Section 202 funds Section 202 housing Section 202 program Section 202 projects Section 202 units serve situation Slemmer support services talking targeting tenant testimony Thank tion voucher system waiting lists
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Page 57 - Seventy-five percent of AAHA homes are affiliated with religious organizations, while the remaining are sponsored by private foundations, fraternal organizations, government agencies, unions, and community groups. With strong community involvement and long-standing community ties, AAHA members are committed to meeting the physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs of their residents in a manner which enhances residents...
Page 1 - Washington, DC. The committee, met pursuant to notice, at 9:30 am, in Room 345, Cannon House Office Building, Hon.
Page 60 - Current demographic projections clearly indicate that the need for elderly long term care will continue to increase. From 1980 to 1995, the percentage of households headed by persons over 65 will rise by 33 percent, and those headed by persons over 75 will increase by 52 percent.
Page 21 - baby boom" generation reaches this milestone the proportion of those sixty-five and over will swell to one out of every five Americans. Of perhaps even greater significance in terms of social implications is the exponential growth of the proportion of individuals at the extremes of old age. In 1950, 32 percent of the older population was 75 years of age and over. In the year 2000, some 45 percent will be in that category, of which well over half will be HO years or older.
Page 22 - However, almost three-fourths of our population live in urban areas, and the elderly often live in poor-quality housing. At least 30 percent of the elderly live in substandard, deteriorating, or dilapidated housing (Kornblum and Julian, 1995).
Page 35 - THE CONCEPT The purpose of Ecogenic Housing* is to provide opportunities for companionship and socialization; safety and protection from crime; enhanced productivity in terms of cooperative efforts regarding activities of daily living; privacy and autonomy; and provision of home health services all within a family lifestyle at an affordable cost. Ecogenic Housing for the elderly can be characterized in most instances as a situation in which at least two economically unrelated persons share selected...
Page 49 - Meyers. STATEMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE JAN MEYERS Mrs. MEYERS. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am very pleased that we are having this hearing, and I certainly welcome the panel who is with us today.
Page 21 - National Policy Center on Housing and Living Arrangements for Older Americans, University of Michigan, 1982, p.
Page 32 - ... older Americans cope with changes in their health, economic, and social environments. Other gaps in coverage include: (1) an inadequate overall preventive policy for keeping individuals out of institutions; (2) very few services targeted to the needs of homeowners; (3) what services are available are spread out under a variety of programs; (4) a lack of information regarding services which are available; and (5) residents of rural areas have typically been without assistance due to the lack of...
Page 31 - Housing-related services Faced with declining physical capabilities and incomes, many older adults are confronted with constraints which severely restrict housing alternatives. For these vulnerable individuals, housing needs cannot be met simply by providing shelter alone. By effective use of social services, access to a variety of housing choices can be opened up. Home health care, home-delivered meals, maintenance and repairs, energy and weatherization programs, homemaker chore services, and accessibility...