Announcement: Aging and Disability: Implications for the Housing Industry and Housing Policy in...

News from the Journal of the American Planning Association, Summer 2008, Vol.74, No.3 The publication of Aging and Disability: Implications for the Housing Industry and Housing Policy in the United States highlights the critical need for planners and policymakers to address the impacts, both tangible and intangible, that increased levels of aging and disability will have on the future housing market. There is little question that population growth and aging will raise the number of U.S. households with at least one disabled resident over the next several decades, spurring the need for homes with accessibility features. Over 90% of existing housing is said to be inaccessible to people with mobility impairments. Federal legislation requires access to new multi-family structures, but nearly all new single family houses are... [read full story]