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Supportive housing refers to residential settings that offer additional services. These could be group meals, transportation, help with housekeeping, and personal care.

The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing sales, rentals, and financing on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability status, or presence of children.

Seventy-seven percent of older adults desire to remain in their homes and communities as they grow older. However, a number of barriers stand in their way.

Multigenerational housing refers to people of different generations, whether related or not, living together.

Natural disasters, public health emergencies, and other crises can wreak havoc on the nation’s housing system.

The primary sources of government revenue are income, sales, and property taxes.

There is an increasing interest in taxes on energy consumption.

Congress should reauthorize the Elder Justice Act (EJA). It should fully fund the EJA and other programs that address elder abuse.

Policymakers should devise Silver Alert programs to alert the public to missing older adults with appropriate protections and limitations. 

The subject of an alert must: 

States should simplify estate planning. This includes allowing the use of electronic wills or trusts to govern the distribution of property at death.