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1:   (HOUSING REPLACED) Senior Housing Restored At Katrina Site : Waveland, MS officials mark the five-year milestone of Hurricane Katrina by opening a new senior housing complex. The $12.3 million Oak Haven apartments contain 80 units for tenants 50-years 08/20/2010 12:56 PM

2:   (TRENDS) Senior Community Using 3D Technology to Design New Homes : Utilizing the latest computer technology and Hollywood-style 3D special effects, Vistamor, a new 55-plus community under way ... 07/30/2010 11:57 AM

3:   (ELDERLY, DISABLED) Elderly, Disabled Capital Advance : Hundreds of housing projects for the elderly and disabled get a boost when HUD issues $550 million in supportive housing capital advance money through the Sec. 202 and Sec. 811 programs 07/16/2010 12:51 PM

4:   (HOUSING FOR ELDERLY) Mansion New Senior Living Facility : A mansion on the National Register of Historic Places near Camden, NJ becomes a 27-unit home for low-income elderly persons. Demand for the units was so strong that state and local 07/09/2010 12:43 PM

5:   (ELDERLY) New Senior Housing In Brooklyn : A $40 million, eight-story affordable housing complex in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, NY is opened to accommodate low-income seniors in its 143 rental units 07/09/2010 12:35 PM

6:   (HOUSING FOR SENIORS) DOE Showerhead Rule Could Limit Choices for Elderly and Disabled : A new "interpretive rule" by the Department of Energy (DOE) that changes the regulatory definition of a showerhead could prohibit ... 07/09/2010 09 AM

7:   (HOUSING FOR SENIORS) Homebuilder Launches Online Lifestyle Advisor to Assist Seniors : Del Webb, one of the nation's leading 55+ community builders, has launched a new online tool ... 06/17/2010 4:49 PM

8:   (HOMELESS SENIORS) New Housing For Homeless Utah Seniors : An $8 million apartment complex for homeless seniors opens in West Valley City, a suburb of Salt Lake City, UT. The 59-unit Kelly Benson Apartments were built by the Salt Lake County Housing 06/11/2010 11:46 AM

9:   (HOUSING FOR SENIORS) Active Community Builder Wins Guildmaster Award : Windsong Properties, Atlanta's leading Active Adult courtyard homebuilder, has been awarded ... 06/02/2010 4:23 PM

10:   (ELDERLY) Elderly, Disabled Take Budget Hits : Housing for the Elderly and Housing for Persons with Disabilities programs take some of the biggest hits in HUD's FY2011 budget proposal. The administration says the cuts result because 02/05/2010 10:41 AM

11:   (ASSISTED LIVING) Senior Housing Changes Hands : Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. will purchase 40 assisted living/long-term care facilities from CapitalSource Inc. Omega spent $119 million for the purchase as part of what appears to be an 01/29/2010 12:24 PM

12:   (ELDERLY) Senior Housing Aid Boosted : Following a campaign by AARP to persuade Congress to enhance the Sec. 202 program, lawmakers approve an 8% increase in the appropriations for the only affordable housing program dedicated 01/08/2010 12:52 PM

13:   (RENTALS) New Senior High-Rise In Tampa : A six-story, 136-unit apartment building will be built in the Hyde park section of Tampa, FL, the first combination independent/assisted living rental complex to be constructed in the city in 20 years 11/20/2009 12:45 PM

14:   (ELDERLY) Senior Complex Ready For Tenants : Elderly renters are expected to begin moving into the new, $41.3 million Corde Terra Senior Housing project on the old Santa Clara County Fairgrounds property in San Jose, CA this month. 11/20/2009 12:35 PM

15:   (ELDERLY) Financial Assist For Senior Living : Four firms have joined forces to provide a cash infusion and other assistance to senior living communities in financial difficulty. Senior Housing Investments LLC estimates there are as many as 10,000 11/12/2009 7:43 PM

16:   (PUBLIC HOUSING) PHA Scored On Senior Housing : HUD investigators probing a Maine housing agency find the Brewer Housing Authority violated conflict of interest regulations in its affiliation with the Ellen M. Leach Memorial Home, a congregate 11/06/2009 12:50 PM

17:   (CONVERSION) Mill Converted To Senior Housing : Elderly residents of North Berwick, ME have new housing in the long-abandoned Old Woolen Mill. The mill produced uniforms and blankets for Union soldiers during the Civil War before being 10/30/2009 12:05 PM

18:   (REVERSE MORTGAGE) HUD To Roll Out Mini-Mortgage : While waiting for Congress to approve a subsidy to the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program, HUD mulls a new reverse mortgage product, a mini-HECM. The idea was floated at a Mortgage 10/16/2009 12:35 PM

19:   (REVERSE MORTGAGES) Reverse Mortgages Squeeze Seniors : Elderly homeowners taking advantage of reverse mortgages, officially dubbed Home Equity Conversion Mortgages, are feeling a financial squeeze under a change in the law authorized in the 10/09/2009 12:16 PM

20:   (ELDERLY) Schools Convert To Senior Co-ops : A Minnesota developer proposes to purchase two former elementary schools in Minneapolis and redevelop them into senior cooperatives. The plan by United Properties would link the new 10/02/2009 12:42 PM

21:   (50-PLUS HOUSING) Seniors Seek Cheaper Housing Markets : A group of senior housing experts say the longtime trend of boomers and seniors moving to traditional 50-plus housing hotspots may be dwindling. At present, 50-plus consumers appear 09/25/2009 12:19 PM

22:   (ANIMAL BIAS) Senior Housing Sued Over Animal Ban : Sunrise Villas LLC faces a HUD lawsuit claiming the Long Island, NY landlord refuses to allow service animals in its senior housing, a violation of the Fair Housing Act 07/31/2009 11:56 AM

23:   (CHAPTER 6) Elderly Housing Policy Changes Delayed : HUD delays implementation of proposed changes to Chapter 6 of the Multifamily Asset Management & Project Servicing Handbook -- changes that will affect future management of several 07/10/2009 12:06 PM

24:   (SENIOR HOUSING) Elderly Housing Prospects Increase : Echoing some of the upbeat sentiments from the speaking circuit in Washington, DC, from April, a pair of prominent economists shows significant optimism for the 50-plus housing market in 2010 and 05/29/2009 11:30 AM

25:   (SENIOR HOUSING) New Options For Retirement-Age Vets : Work on a San Antonio, TX, retirement community designed to serve ex-military families is slated to begin this summer now that a local homebuilder has been chosen for the effort 05/29/2009 11:28 AM

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