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Many states have tax-credit housing for seniors with low income. The cut off point for low income varies on areas. The rent is set loosely at 30% or 40% of tenant's income. There were several threads on the retirement forum that expounded extensively upon this subject.
California has "section 8" housing, but it's income-related and not age-related. Oh, yeah ... and there's an eight-year waiting list to get into section 8 housing.
California has "section 8" housing, but it's income-related and not age-related. Oh, yeah ... and there's an eight-year waiting list to get into section 8 housing.
California also has senior housing that is income based. I know someone who just got an apartment at one.
By law, a building cannot ban people due to their age (i.e. children). The only exception is if everyone who lives there must be at least 55 years old. That way, a building can be for retirees only.
California has "section 8" housing, but it's income-related and not age-related. Oh, yeah ... and there's an eight-year waiting list to get into section 8 housing.
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Originally Posted by Tallysmom
California also has senior housing that is income based. I know someone who just got an apartment at one.
Tallysmom is right, CA has many income-based senior housing complexes and they are located from every part of the state. Some are in urban areas, some in suburbia, some in high-rent districts. Most are apartments, some are townhouses, and a few are cottages. One is literally 8 steps (we counted them) from the water of one of the most beautiful beaches in the state, with a view of Pacific Ocean that goes forever.
Our income and age qualify us to every one of those complexes, and we had seriously planned to follow that path, until we decided to renovate husband's family's cabin and live there instead. Since we moved in to our new place two months ago, more than a dozen tax-credit senior housings have called to tell us there were vacancies. We only put our names in the different waiting lists last Oct, so the waiting period is not long at all in reality (they told us it would be two to three yeas.) We thanked them and declined all.
Last edited by Ol' Wanderer; 04-09-2012 at 01:50 PM..
I know there are some in my state. They seem to be only in the big cities. My town of 7000 has three nursing homes and no independent living apts for seniors
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