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| Mobile homes, affordability and the Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995 | | Author(s) | Karl L Guntermann |
| Journal title | Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol 16, no 1/2, 2002 |
| Pages | pp 3-18 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Caravans ; Housing [elderly] ; Needs [elderly] ; Poor elderly ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The US Fair Housing Act permitted an age exemption to its discrimination provisions if projects provided "significant facilities and services" that addressed older people's special housing needs. Mobile home subdivisions and other types of housing for lower income households could comply with the significant facilities and services provision only through extensive reliance on volunteers and a homeowners association committed to maintaining the age exemption. Part of the motivation for maintaining the age exemption is the perception by some seniors that it is important in preserving mobile home property values. Since much of the typical mobile home owner's net worth is in the form of home equity, such owners are sensitive to federal regulations relating to the age exemption. The Housing for Older Persons Act 1995 eliminates the provision for significant facilities and services as a condition for achieving age exempted status. Whilst this may increase the supply of housing available to seniors, the Act may have unintended consequences on some seniors and other groups. For example, it may reduce the ability to maintain an independent lifestyle. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020822218 A |
| Classmark | KHW: KE: IK: F:W6: 7T |
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