The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released an extensive proposed rule on the Fair Housing Act’s (FHA’s) Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing “Fact Sheet: Highlights of HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule for Aging and Disability Advocates”
Author: Vanessa Barrington
Housing Week: The Array of Forces that Push Seniors Into Homelessness
Jefferson Public Radio: Housing Week: The Array of Forces that Push Seniors Into Homelessness (March 20, 2023) If we’re lucky, we make enough money at “Housing Week: The Array of Forces that Push Seniors Into Homelessness”
FL Group Works to Keep Eligible People on Medicaid
Public News Service: FL Group Works to Keep Eligible People on Medicaid (March 16, 2023) As Florida “unwinds” from the COVID-19 public health emergency and “FL Group Works to Keep Eligible People on Medicaid”
Feds OK CA Plan to Pre-Enroll Incarcerated People in Medi-Cal
Public News Service: Feds OK CA Plan to Pre-Enroll Incarcerated People in Medi-Cal (March 14, 2023) California will soon become the first state in the “Feds OK CA Plan to Pre-Enroll Incarcerated People in Medi-Cal”
New California Bill Would Prevent and Reduce Homelessness Among Older Adults and People with Disabilities
SACRAMENTO – Last month, Sen. Anna Caballero (D-Merced) unveiled SB 37, the Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities Housing Stability Act, which would provide rent “New California Bill Would Prevent and Reduce Homelessness Among Older Adults and People with Disabilities”
After Pandemic Pause, the State will Restart Checking Medi-Cal Eligibility
Cal Matters: After Pandemic Pause, the State will Restart Checking Medi-Cal Eligibility (March 3, 2023) California will soon restart its annual eligibility review for people “After Pandemic Pause, the State will Restart Checking Medi-Cal Eligibility”
More seniors are becoming homeless, and experts say the trend is likely to worsen
PBS Newshour: More seniors are becoming homeless, and experts say the trend is likely to worsen (March 2, 2023) In 2004, Dr. Margot Kushel, director “More seniors are becoming homeless, and experts say the trend is likely to worsen”
Report: Nursing Homes Sedate Too Many Residents
Public News Service: Report: Nursing Homes Sedate Too Many Residents (February 15, 2023) Groups that advocate for older Americans are speaking out about the overuse “Report: Nursing Homes Sedate Too Many Residents”
Documentary: Women Unseen–Aging Matters
Nashville Public Television: Women Unseen–Aging Matters (February 13, 2023) Women Unseen focuses on the challenges women face as they age, including economic insecurity, outliving partners, “Documentary: Women Unseen–Aging Matters”
The Fastest-Growing Homeless Population? Seniors
Cal Matters: The Fastest-Growing Homeless Population? Seniors (February 10, 2023) California accounts for about a third of the nation’s homeless people, and among this population, seniors “The Fastest-Growing Homeless Population? Seniors”