Aging in Place
Transportation Challenges for Older Rural Americans
Vast distances and inadequate funding pose problems for the rural transportation services that older adults rely on to access essential services.
Opinion: Housing Reforms Critical for Older Americans
Older adults are some of the most vulnerable to threats of eviction and displacement driven by escalating housing costs.
What the Livability Index Shows About Housing
A new report highlights inequalities in accessibility and affordability.
Designing for Dementia
Subtle design interventions can facilitate safe navigation in urban environments for people with cognitive abilities effected by dementia.
Older Americans Should Rent, Study Says
To rent or to buy? A study from AARP and the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University weights the cost and benefits of each scenario for Americans 65 and older.
Planning Age-Friendly Cities
Manchester researchers are part of a network of European cities collaborating on strategies to support the aging population in cities worldwide.
Nursing Homes With Black and Latino Residents Have Much Worse Covid-19 Rates
Age segregation has contributed to the tragic outbreaks of Covid-19 in nursing homes all over the country, but racial data adds another layer of tragic consequences of the pandemic.
Pandemic and the Ills of Age Segregation
Older generations have increasingly segregated over the past century-plus of U.S. history, and the pandemic is only one more example of why that's a problem for young and old.
The Suburbs, Reimagined
Eight experts produce a "manifesto for a new suburbia."
Homeowners Staying Put for Longer Than Ever
Aging in place means fewer homes for young homebuyers, according to a new report by Redfin.
Report: Urban Planning and Design Neglecting the Needs of Seniors
Many cities aren't planning and designing for their aging residents, despite a world full of examples to model from, according to a new report from the Milliken Institute.
Rural Nursing Homes Closing at Rapid Rates
Nursing homes are closing in large numbers in rural communities as a result of a confluence of market pressures.
An Urban, Technologically Enabled Era of Retirement
A feature article in Marketwatch describes a future for retirement communities that look more like WeWork than the golf course-adjacent exurban communities of the 20th century.
More Fourplexes Could Mean More Wheelchair Accessible Housing in Portland
Beyond adding more housing to the market, fourplexes could bring a lot more federally mandated wheelchair accessibility to Portland.
Helping At-Risk Homeowners Stay Put With a Land Trust
For homeowners at risk of losing their home due to a medical crisis, divorce, or unexpected repair costs, City of Lakes Community Land Trust has been able to keep them in place by bringing their home into the land trust.
Aging in Place in Margaritaville
A Jimmy Buffet-branded 55-plus community in Daytona, Florida is wildly popular. The New York Times Magazine gained early access and ponders its deeper significance.
More Seniors Living in Suburban and Rural Areas; Aging-in-Place Solutions Needed
Less dense communities provide specific challenges in providing services to residents in need of extra care. More seniors living in suburban and rural communities will require new and scalable solutions.
The New Dream Home Includes a Granny Flat
You can pay off the mortgage, but you can never leave.
A Geography of Aging in the U.S.
Peter Rogerson crunches the numbers on 50 years of demographic shifts.
Northeast Ohio Getting Older, Facing New Challenges
Projections show the under 20 population shrinking in Cleveland while the over 65 population grows.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
City of Albany
UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
City of Piedmont, CA
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
