An article in the
Philadelphia Inquirer about senior citizens who waited in line for as long as 24 hours to try to secure one of the new, affordable senior housing units being built in South Philadelphia, and the growing need and long wait time for affordable housing for older adults throughout the nation, interviews Robert Silverman, professor of urban and regional planning in the UB School of Architecture and Planning. “Subsidies haven’t really kept pace with the growth in that population,” he said. “Without funding for affordable housing development, what developers have been left with as options – and what kinds of options they pursue – have really been market-rate housing that leans toward the high-rent market.” This article also appeared in
Newsday.