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AARP has opened applications for this year's Community Challenge grants, which fund quick-action projects to make communities better for all ages.
Broadband, or high-speed Internet, isn’t just an option, it’s a necessity. It is increasingly essential for economic opportunity, innovation, health care, and education. It is crucial for livability.
Today more than ever, ADU policies show a commitment to supporting livability through housing opportunity and choice for people of all ages.
By automating trip scheduling in a system rightsized for the real-life strengths and constraints of rural nonprofits, RideSheet frees up staff time, allowing them to focus on their core mission.
A hand drops a coin into a house-shaped piggy bank with stacks of coins to the sides.
It's time for a national vision for housing, with policies that make housing more affordable and account for both historic disparities and changing population needs.
Black woman and man walk in neighborhood
Professionals in housing and the built environment must step up post-COVID-19, to redesign and create housing and communities that enable residents and achieve equity.
The pandemic underscores the need for policy makers to foster the development of housing alternatives for older adults outside of institutional settings.
Across the globe, many communities—both local and virtual—are innovating out of necessity to support older adults and immunocompromised people as they cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 Housing Blog
COVID-19 stands to exacerbate socioeconomic challenges we have long faced.
Photo of bus driver wearing personal protective equipment outside his bus
Bus drivers are on the front lines delivering groceries and medicine to older adults.
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