HUD Allocates $3.7M for Senior Home Modifications to Support Aging in Place

HUD Allocates $3.7M for Senior Home Modifications to Support Aging in Place
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HUD announced on Thursday that two nonprofit groups and a local housing authority have received a $3.7 million grant from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to assist low-income seniors in making necessary changes to their houses.

“Today, we are furthering our commitment to improving the quality of life for older adults of limited means,” HUD Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman stated. “These grants provide a critical resource to communities to make low-cost, high impact home repairs tailored to the needs of the residents.”

The changes are intended to improve functional abilities in older individuals’ homes, lower their risk of falling, and promote accessibility. According to HUD, senior-friendly home safety improvements can have a wide range of advantageous effects.

Director of HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Matthew Ammon stated, “There is a strong connection between health and housing. It is important that our homes stay safe, healthy, and easy to live in, and this program does that, empowering older adults to age in place with dignity.”

According to experts, falls among seniors are a major worry and are causing more deaths in the United States.

An independent living facility in Florida, a community action center in Massachusetts, and a municipal housing authority in Maine each received three different awards. The grant funds will be utilized in total to upgrade 525 units across the three states.

“These investments will enable older adults to remain in their homes — to “age in place” — rather than move to nursing homes or other assisted care facilities,” HUD stated.

“The grantees, which are experienced in providing services to seniors, will deliver home modification services to more than 525 senior families in both urban communities and communities with substantial rural populations.”

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This grant cycle, which is a part of HUD’s Older Adults Home Modification Program, is intended to support low-income senior homeowners.

The initial round, which was announced in April and was significantly larger at $70 million and distributed across 27 states as well as Puerto Rico, “helps vulnerable residents by fixing housing-related health and safety hazards, establishing sustainable local programs, and supporting key research to identify and mitigate these hazards,” according to a release from HUD.

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