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Supplemental Security Income">Supplemental Security Income
- Supplemental Security Income">Supplemental Security Income
The federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program provides monthly cash benefits to people age 65 or older with very low income and assets, individuals who are blind, or people with disabiliti
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Assistance for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children">Assistance for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children
- Assistance for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children">Assistance for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children
Grandparents and other relatives play an important caregiving role in family well-being. Support from extended family is especially vital in families with low incomes.
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Background on Low-Income Assistance Programs: General">Background on Low-Income Assistance Programs: General
- Background on Low-Income Assistance Programs: General">Background on Low-Income Assistance Programs: General
Federal and state programs help many older people with low incomes. These programs provide access to vital services like income support and health care.
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Social Services and Community Services Block Grants">Social Services and Community Services Block Grants
- Social Services and Community Services Block Grants">Social Services and Community Services Block Grants
Two federal programs help states provide a broad range of social services important to older adults.
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Safe Driving">Safe Driving
- Safe Driving">Safe Driving
People age 50 and older make 85 percent of their local trips by private vehicle. The vast majority of them hold a driver’s license.
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Other Housing Topics">Other Housing Topics
- Other Housing Topics">Other Housing Topics
Affordability, accessibility, supportive services in housing, and fair housing make up the bulk of this chapter.
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Housing Affordability ">Housing Affordability
- Housing Affordability ">Housing Affordability
Housing costs determine whether individuals and families can live in a neighborhood without sacrificing other basic necessities, such as food and health care.
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Subsidized Rental Housing">Subsidized Rental Housing
- Subsidized Rental Housing">Subsidized Rental Housing
A range of programs exists to address the lack of affordable housing. These programs are not nearly enough to meet the demand from those who are housing cost-burdened.
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Market-Rate Housing Affordability">Market-Rate Housing Affordability
- Market-Rate Housing Affordability">Market-Rate Housing Affordability
Almost 20 million households headed by someone age 50 and over are housing cost-burdened. That is, they spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing.
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Homelessness">Homelessness
- Homelessness">Homelessness
On an average night in 2022, more than 580,000 adults and children experienced homelessness in the U.S.