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The homes and communities in which people live are important determinants of health, influencing opportunities for healthy behaviors and social engagement; limiting exposure…

The number of older people who need help with daily tasks will increase during the next century. Currently preferences and policies aim to help older people to stay in their…

What makes a good life in late life? And what role might housing and the built environment play in efforts to help older people have that life? Over the past two years, I…

At any age, the pursuit of a good life is easier in a physical environment that promotes health, supports activities important to self‐fulfillment, and facilitates…

Due to both population growth and soaring housing costs, the number of adults age 65 and over struggling to afford housing is growing. The number of cost-burdened older…

In the past several years, “home sharing” among older adults has garnered increased attention, with news stories focusing on “the Golden Girls trend” and a growing number of…

This framing paper was originally presented at A Shared Future: Fostering Communities of Inclusion in an Era of Inequality, a national symposium hosted by the Harvard…

Within 20 years, one in five Americans—almost 80 million people—will be older than 65 and, surveys indicate, they will want to remain in the current homes for as long as…

The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Senior Health and Housing Task Force recently released Healthy Aging Begins at Home, a report and set of policy recommendations centered on…

Since 2005, the number of renter households aged 50 and over has increased dramatically, jumping from 10 to nearly 15 million, and accounting for more than half of all renter…