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Governor's Commission on Senior Services

HUD Senior Housing Overview August 13, 2015

HUD SENIOR HOUSING OVERVIEW

• Presentation Goals
• Provide an overview of HUD housing programs serving

seniors in Oregon

• Discuss key challenges in providing housing to seniors
• Outline opportunities and recommendations

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HUD SENIOR HOUSING OVERVIEW

• Key HUD programs for seniors

Rental Assistance: tenant based or project based

• Serves low- and very-low income individuals and families,

pay no more than 30% of income on rent Subsidized housing: properties that receive subsidy

• Public housing, Section 202 and Section 811

senior/disabled housing, Section 8 project based housing. Financing for affordable housing development and rehabilitation

• FHA mortgage insurance, HOME, CDBG

HUD SENIOR HOUSING OVERVIEW

• HUD Subsidized Properties in Oregon

(includes family and senior properties)

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• State of Oregon received HUD award of $2,335,000 for 80

units in 2015

• Demonstration program enables persons with disabilities

who are extremely low income (less than 30% of AMI) to live in integrated, affordable housing.

• Oregon Housing and Community Services is working to

allocate this rental assistance in existing housing projects and coordinate services.

HUD SENIOR HOUSING OVERVIEW

• Special initiatives:

Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Demonstration

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Special initiatives: HUD Service Coordinator Program Stable housing, made possible with HUD support, provides an ideal platform for delivering a wide variety of health and social services to improve health, education, and economic outcomes. Through partnerships at the federal, state, and local levels, HUD will utilize its housing platform to deliver a wide variety of services to improve the quality of life of its residents and the surrounding community.

• HUD’s strategic plan

HUD SENIOR HOUSING OVERVIEW

• HUD SENIOR HOUSING OVERVIEW
• HUD Service Coordinator Program:
• Owners of HUD subsidized properties hire or contract a

social service staff person to link elderly and/or disabled residents to specific supportive services.

• Goal is to help seniors to continue living independently in

affordable housing

• Service Coordinators are engaged at the option of the owner
• Funding comes from HUD grants or project operating costs
• Service Coordinators do not provide services directly, though

they may help residents with paperwork to obtain benefits.

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SERVICE COORDINATOR PROGRAM

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18 grant funded properties in Oregon

• 5 rural
• $658,000 in HUD grant funds

29 Properties have service coordinators funded from

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• 4 rural

Most large Section 202 projects in Oregon have service coordinators

KEY CHALLENGES FOR SENIOR HOUSING

• HUD residents are aging…

Demographics of existing HUD residents

• 25% of HUD residents are disabled
• 30% are over 62 years of age
• 46% of the over 62 residents are disabled.

Demographics of Section 202 Supportive Housing Residents

• Average Age is 72 to 75 – seniors are aging in place
• Residents are extremely low income – average income less

than $13,000/year

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KEY CHALLENGES FOR SENIOR HOUSING

• Overall “graying” of the population
• Demand for senior housing will skyrocket – more than

200,000 additional seniors in Oregon in next 7 years.

KEY CHALLENGES FOR SENIOR HOUSING

• Properties are also aging:

Affordable properties now 30-50 years old

• Deferred maintenance
• Accessibility upgrades
• Aging in place repairs
• Energy efficiency issues
• Seismic repairs
• Obsolete configurations
• Are they sited in areas convenient to services, transit,

amenities? Preserving these properties requires sophisticated

• wnership and comes with a big price tag…

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KEY CHALLENGES FOR SENIOR HOUSING

• Resources for services are scarce
• HUD does not provide funding for senior services.
• Housing costs are rising which makes it harder for seniors to

pay for health care and other services.

• In 2013, Americans 65 and older spent 12% of their income on

health care compared to 28% on housing costs (Urban Institute Report)

KEY CHALLENGES FOR SENIOR HOUSING

• Funding sources for developing new housing are limited too…
• HUD budget is vulnerable – proposed 93% cut to the HOME

program in FY16 budget

• Limited production of new units. Multiple funding sources

are required – federal, state, local and private investment.

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KEY CONSIDERATIONS FOR TASK FORCE

• Opportunities and recommendations for Commission
• Production: Need comprehensive strategy to increase

supply of housing affordable to the lowest income seniors

• Housing + Services: Seek innovative models for integrating

housing and health care to achieve cost efficiencies, and to fund supportive services.

• Preservation: Preserve existing senior housing projects to

help seniors age in place. Financing for big ticket items such as accessibility.

• Location: Look ahead at land acquisition to site future senior

housing development with proximity to services.

CONTACT INFORMATION

• Questions or Comments:

Margaret Salazar HUD Field Office Director (971) 222-2601 Margaret.s.salazar@hud.gov http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/states/oregon