by James Fuccione | Aug 10, 2022 | News and Updates
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development released final guidelines on a multi-family zoning requirement for MBTA communities, which comes after a series of listening sessions and nearly 400 comments via an online portal sparked by the the...
by James Fuccione | Jul 28, 2022 | News and Updates
Last week, the Massachusetts legislature passed a $52.7 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23). Here are some of the items that support older adults and healthy aging: The Boston Business Journal reports that roughly 60,000 low-income Massachusetts older adults...
by James Fuccione | Jun 22, 2022 | News and Updates
Public officials recently gathered for a groundbreaking at the site of a former school in Hyde Park that will eventually transform into 74 mixed-income rental units intended for LGBTQ people ages 62 and older. Pennrose and the nonprofit group LGBTQ Senior Housing are...
by James Fuccione | May 25, 2022 | Data and Reports
Similar to a health impact assessment conducted by the Public Health Institute of Western Mass. on “Healthy Aging with a Criminal Record in Hampden County, MA” the organization Justice in Aging released an issue brief titled “Reducing Barriers to...
by James Fuccione | May 24, 2022 | Data and Reports
New findings from the National Poll on Healthy Aging suggest many people in their 50s, 60s and 70s need to do more to modify their homes or plan for services they may need if they want to avoid or delay needing to move. In all, 88% of people between the ages of 50 and...
