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LOCAL TOOLKIT
Convening stakeholders to focus attention on the elder housing crisis and collaborate to implement solutions at the county level is the first step.
KEY ACTIONS
The Area Agency on Aging and the Continuum of Care for the Homeless working together can coordinate efforts to help their shared population of elders who are at risk of losing their homes or have already done so.
AAA, Continuum of Care and 211 system working together to assemble and maintain an up-to-date resource inventory, including housing resources.
Collaborate to create opportunity to screen for housing instability and for problem-solving conversation for those at imminent risk of losing homes, and seek resources for prevention (local governments that administer HOME and SHIP funds, philanthropy, and faith-based sources).
Undertake, encourage and support efforts to provide (a) subsidized apartments with rent affordable to a person relying on Social Security (30% Area Median Income) (b) supportive housing for those with more complex needs as an alternative to assisted living (c) emergency housing in individual units geared to elders as an alternative to typical shelters, with services like those created during Covid.
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WHO TO INVOLVE
- Local government, particularly recipients of HOME and SHIP funds (administrators and elected officials)
- Continuum’s of Care for the Homeless Contact list
- Veterans Administration HUD/VASH providers contact Help line National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838) and SSVF providers
- Area Agencies on Aging Contact list
- Public Housing Authority Contact list
- Subsidized and supportive housing developers
- State and Federal elected officials
- Philanthropy – Community foundations, United Way
- Faith-based leaders
Resources
Low-income, Cost-burdened elders
by Area Agency on Aging Service Area