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Building affordable rental housing for seniors
— policy insights from Canada | | Author(s) | Catherine Leviten-Reid, Alicia Lake |
| Journal title | Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol 30, no 3, July-September 2016 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, July-September 2016 |
| Pages | pp 253-270 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Rented dwellings ; Living in the community ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social policy ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | In the context of healthy ageing, the authors explore newly constructed, unassisted affordable rental housing in Nova Scotia, Canada with respect to design, location, and the involvement of older people in decision making. They do so from the perspectives of older people and project sponsors. Overall, the themes that emerged from these two groups of participants diverge. Older people spoke about the importance of shared space, design-related barriers to ageing in place, and problems accessing transport. The older people also expressed a range of views regarding participation in decision making, from conveying that it was not necessary to requesting resident involvement. Project sponsors spoke about cost, feasibility, and, in certain cases, learning how to build housing; they also evinced disparate views about the nature of the housing they were providing and the importance of older people's involvement. Recommendations include linking housing to health and social policy, implementing guidelines for sponsors related to design and location, and providing increased funding to offset new costs. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-161125221 A |
| Classmark | KEE: K4: TOB: TM2: 3F: 7S |
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