FiveYear Plan for Housing
• Convene a group of stakeholders to explore the feasibility of a campus housing project for older adults. Goal B Facilitate older adults and people with disabilities aging in place. Recommendation 1 Provide funding for renovations and minor home repairs. Recommendation 2 Incorporate age-friendly cities best practices into the HUD Choice Neighborhoods planning process. Recommendation 3 Incorporate age-friendly city domains into the next round of Human Services Requests for Proposal. • The Department of Housing and Community Development will ask agencies to identify relevant age-friendly city domains in their responses to the next Human Services Requests for Proposal.
Goal A Provide a range of housing options available to older adults of all income
levels and abilities. Recommendation 1
Conduct a needs assessment of affordable housing options for older adults in the region, especially those with disabilities.This analysis will include identifying all of the subsidized housing units, occupancy rates, waiting lists, and any private projects that claim to serve low-income older adults (Completed by Pima Council on Aging and funded by theTucson Housing Foundation in 2018). • Conduct a survey of all low-income and subsided housing in the City of Tucson either by comparison of private surveys, by email, or by phone. • Create a report analyzing the data found in the survey and utilize the report to develop better housing practices for low-income older adults. Recommendation 2 Increase the quantity of safe, affordable, and accessible housing units. • Identify what other cities are doing to support the housing needs of older adults.
Responsible Party for Implementation
• City of Tucson Housing and Community Development Department
Suggested Partners for Implementation
• The ELDER Alliance’s Housing Action Team • Pima Council on Aging • Tucson Housing Foundation • Arizona State Housing Department • Pima County Housing Commission • Tucson Metropolitan Housing Commission • Southwest Fair Housing Council
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