Housing

Reports

• Aging in Place: A State Survey of Livability Policies and Practices (AARP; 2011)
  
• There's No Place Like Home- For Growing Old (NIA; 2006)
• Are Americans Talking with Their Parents About Independent Living: A 2007 Study Among Boomer Women (AARP; 2007)
• Housing Options for Older Adults (National Association of Area Agencies on Aging; 2007)

News and Magazine Articles

• Homebuilders Target Baby Boomers with New Amenities and Activities (Olick; CNBC.com; 2010)
• Housing Options: Home is Where the Heart Is (Ginzler; 2009)
• Left Out of 'Leisureville' (Blechman; 2008)

Journal Articles

• No Place Like Home: Older Adults and Their Housing (Fisher, Johnson, Marchand, Smeeding, and Torrey; The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences; 2007 )
• Relationships Between Housing and Healthy Aging in Very Old Age (Oswald, Wahl, Schilling, Nygren, Fänge, Sixsmith, Sixsmith, Széman, Tomsone, and Iwarsson; The Gerontologist; 2007)
• Historical Evolution of Assisted Living in the United States, 1979 to the Present (Wilson; The Gerontologist; 2007)
• The Place of Assisted Living in Long-Term Care and Related Service Systems (Stone and Reinhard; The Gerontologist; 2007)
• Physical Environments of Assisted Living: Research Needs and Challenges (Cutler; The Gerontologist; 2007)
• Livable Communities for Older People (Generations; 2006)

Congressional Records

• Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995 (HOPA)
  
• The Fair Housing Act of 1968
  
• Reverse Mortgages: Leaving Seniors and Taxpayers on the Hook? (U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging; 2009)
• The Nursing Home Reform Act Turns Twenty: What Has Been Accomplished, and What Challenges Remain? (U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging; 2007)
• Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement (U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging; 2007)
  
  

Books

• Leisureville: Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias (Blechman; 2008)
• The Senior Cohousing Handbook , 2nd edition: A Community Approach to Independent Living (Durrett; 2009)
• How to Find Great Senior Housing: A Roadmap for Elders and Those Who Love Them (Staff; 2004)

Websites

• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  
• American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (ongoing)
• The 50 Plus Housing Council (National Association of Home Builders)
• The Cohousing Association of the United States
  
• Campaign for Home Energy Assistance (ongoing)
• The Center for Universal Design
  
• Del Webb Senior Communities
  
• The Eden Alternative
  
• The Elder Cohousing Network
  
• The Green House Project