NJAAW Housing Series: Developed to Help Older Adults Plan for the Future
Session 4, “Policy and Plans for New and Innovative Solutions”: Looking forward, what is on the horizon for housing in NJ? Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) co-housing and supportive housing? What are new plans? What is needed? Speakers: Dean Dafis, Mayor of Maplewood, NJ; Laurie Facciarossa Brewer, NJ Long-Term Care Ombudsman; Cassondra Warney, Corporation for Supportive Housing. Cathy Rowe, DrPH, Executive Director of NJ Advocates for Aging Well, moderated.
To view the session recording, click here; slide show links and resources are below:
- Corporation for Supportive Housing slides
- NJ Healthy Aging Academy
- CSH Leveraging HOME ARP for Innovations in Supportive Housing October 2021
- Background on how to use HOME ARP for Supportive Housing: HOME ARP and Supportive Housing: A Great Pairing
- For HOME ARP funding info, NJ’s allocations start on page 8: HOME-ARP.pdf (hud.gov)
- “The ADU Experiment” by Lisa Prevost, The New York Times, 12/10/21
- For more information on ADUs, see AARP’s materials
Our thanks to:
Parker Health Group, Inc. and Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NJ (Raise the Roof Sponsors)
AARP NJ and New Jersey Relay & CapTel (Build the Walls Sponsors)
Springpoint (Lay the Foundation Sponsor)