Special thanks to AARP for sponsoring our Housing Priority group
Housing
The goal of the Housing Priority group is for older adulsts to have a variety of housing options sufficient to meet their individual needs and for the community support to make the options viable.
PAFC supports shifting the emphasis from dwelling units per acre toward form based design zoning that allows for more missing middle housing and more choices.
We support increased incentives for affordable housing throughout the City.
We know that ADUs are not the magic bullet but they are a way to change the capacity throughout the City without changing the character of a neighborhood. In our experience working with older adults we have talked to many people who want this choice available as a way to age in community and have intergenerational families live in close proximity while maintaining independence.
Reductions in parking requirements enable more dwelling units and specifically the type of housing that supports older adult needs.
We support missing middle housing to maintain the integrity and character of the area while providing housing choice and the proposed regulations which implement that.
Check out our video on Missing Middle Housing.
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When the time comes to move to a senior living community, every Larimer County resident should feel safe and cared for. LGBTQ+ older adults in Larimer County, their care partners, and prospective employees want to know our senior living communities are safe, inclusive, and welcoming. The Long-Term Care Equality Index (LEI) is a free national benchmarking survey for residential long-term care and senior housing providers to review, strengthen, and communicate their LGBTQ+ inclusion efforts. By completing the LEI survey, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, memory care facilities, and independent senior housing apartments can be publicly recognized in the national LEI 2025 Report, and the online searchable database. Plus, these communities will receive resources and technical assistance with meeting state and federal regulatory requirements (Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, the recent ACA's section 1557 rule, EEOC, etc.).
PAFC in conjunction with the Larimer County Office on Aging recently held a webinar to help local senior housing providers learn more about the process and benefits of participating in the LEI. The webinar presenter is Dan Stewart, who is the Deputy Director of The Aging Equality Project at the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Dan is a leading expert nationally on the Long-Term Care Equality Index. PAFC encourages all senior living communities to learn more about the Long-Term Care Equality Index.
Click here to view the webinar.
Click here to see the slides from the presentation.
LEI informational videos:
Make LGBTQ Elders Feel Welcome and Cared For: Join HRC and SAGE Long-term Care Equality Index (2:18)
HRC Foundation & SAGE Long-term Care Equality Index (LEI) - Jan and Norma at Edenwald (4:15)
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The housing market in Larimer County is tight and expensive, both for buyers and renters. There aren’t enough homes where people can age in place. The priority group is working with local municipalities and the County to promote zoning laws and incentives to create more types of housing throughout Larimer County.
Throughout this process PAFC has learned more about Missing Middle housing and what other communities are doing to promote more of it. Missing middle housing is types of housing between single family homes and large apartment complexes. This includes duplexes, 4-plexes, accessory dwelling units and small cluster housing.
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In 2017 PAFC held a charrette with community planners, developers and engineers to discuss how to increase the number of homes where people of all ages can flourish.
The older adult population in Colorado and globally is growing rapidly. People are living longer, and the largest generation the world has ever seen is now into retirement age. Over 21% of adults in Colorado and 25% of adults nationally live with some type of disability, such as a visual, mobility, cognitive, learning, hearing, mental and/or social disability.
To keep pace with demand, we need more housing options equipped to meet the changing needs that come with aging and/or disability, and that incorporate the latest research on environmental and social determinants of health.
Out of this charrette PAFC joined in partnership with the Institute for the Built Environment to create a strategy for increasing and developing lifelong homes.
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This Self-Directed Volunteer Team (SDVT) gathers information about what is currently being done in the various municipalities throughout Larimer County to improve the lives of mobile home park residents and identify stakeholders throughout the County. The SDVT includes input from residents and professionals, hosting meetings of interested stakeholders to share information, increase collaboration and identify next steps.
Check out PAFC’s
Manufactured Home Resident Handbook
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Manufactured Home Handbook Homeshare A Little Help Housing Charrette Innovative Housing Options Larimer County Housing Study
To learn more click here.
