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Livability Library: Housing

Housing needs change as we age, but it's possible for our homes and communities to be livable for people of all ages and life stages

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A Reader Sent Us Her Idea for a Dream Home and Community for Aging

Check out Kitty Russell's motel-based housing and community solution for older adults. (Walkability, social connectivity and age-friendliness are key.) Learn More

Six illustrations from motel postcards

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2022 AARP Livable Communities Housing Workshop

FREE PUBLICATIONS

AARP HomeFit Guide, Worksheets and Videos

AARP HomeFit Model Ordinance: Local and State Legislative Guide to Universal Design in Housing

AARP Housing Design Competition Tool Kit

AARP Roadmap to Livability: Housing Workbook

Accessory Dwelling Units: A Step-by-Step Guide to Design and Development

ADU Model State Act and Local Ordinance

Discovering and Developing Missing Middle Housing

Expanding Middle Housing Options: A Guide to Local Middle Housing Regulations

Making Room: Housing for a Changing America

Re-Legalizing Middle Housing: A Model Act and Guide to Statewide Legislation

The ABCs of ADUs

Veterans Home Benefits Guide

AGE-FRIENDLY HOUSING

Video: Helping Older Adults Safely Age in Place (2024)

U.S. Census: "America Needs More Aging-Ready Homes" (2023)

A Reader Sent Us Her Idea for a Dream Home and Community for Aging (2023)

Readers Sent Us Their Ideas for Creating Age-Friendly Homes and Communities (2023)

Prioritizing Housing Over Parking (2021)

AirBnB Can Be a Key to Profitably Aging in Place (2016)

Slideshow: Take a Tour of a Lifelong Home (2015)

How to Encourage More Lifelong Housing (2015)

INNOVATIVE IDEAS

Increasing Housing Options in Rural Communities (2024)

Hosting a ‘Casita’ Competition in Tucson (2023)

Vermont Has a Plan for Creating More Housing (2023)

Tiny Houses Can Help Reduce a Huge Affordable-Housing Shortage (2023)

Video: Transforming a Motel Into Accessible, Temporary Housing (2022)

Home Sweet (ADU) Homes (2022)

Universal Design and Livability (2021)

Help Paying for Rent and Utilities in Philadelphia (2020)

The Past and Future Visions for Aging in Place (2019)

Skyler: A Future Vision for Aging in Place (2019)

Rethinking What Makes a Great Roommate (2019)

Rethinking Student Housing (2019)

Housing for Grandparenting (2019)

The AARP ‘House of Freedom’ (2019)

Neighbors Provide Many Helping Hands (2019)

Need a Trowel But Don’t Want to Buy One? (2019)

Affordability First (2017)

Disrupt Aging With ‘Green House’ Nursing Homes (2016)

Two Houses in One for a Home Within a Home (2016)

HOUSING OPTIONS AND OFFERINGS

Housing That's Home for People With (or Without) Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (2025)

A Home of One's Own (2025)

Parents Are Creating Communities for Their Grown Children With Special Needs (2021)

How to Create a Residential Community for Adults With I/DD (2021)

Designing Housing for People With I/DD (2021)

Finding a 'Forever Home' for My Adult Son With Autism (2021)

Housing for Intentional Living (2019)

HIVE Buzzes with Talk About Age-Friendly Housing (2016)

20 Questions and Answers about Co-Housing (2016)

An 'LGBT-Welcoming' Place to Call Home (2016)

SAGECare Teaches Elder Care Providers How to Foster a Welcoming Community (2016)

Improving Where and How We Live (2016)

How to Create a Handy Tools Display (2015)

Tiny Houses Are Becoming a Big Deal (2015)

Slideshow: Take a Tiny House Tour (2015)

RENOVATIONS, REMODELING AND REALITY CHECKS

Repair Workshops for Residents of Mobile Home Parks (2023)

Slideshow: Housing a Changing America (2019)

Disrupt Aging by Rethinking Where We Live (2016)

The Disrupt Aging Where We Live Checklist (2016)

Age-Friendly Improvements for Most Every Home Remodeling Project (2016)

Remodeling a Home to Be a Lifelong Home (2015)

Slideshow: A Home Remodeling Before and After (2015)

EXPERT INSIGHTS

Livable Lesson Video Series: Universal Design (2023)

Accessory Dwelling Units with Eli Spevak, Kol Peterson and Elizabeth Decker (2019)

Dan Parolek on Missing Middle Housing (2016)

Sarah Susanka on Small Housing for Boomers and Beyond (2015)

Richard Duncan on Universal Design (2014)

POLICY

Website: The Future of Housing

AARP Inclusive Home Design State Advocacy Tool Kit (2014)

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