QUESTION
Does the Department for the Aging collaborate with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) on housing initiatives for older adults?
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The Department for the Aging works with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) on housing initiatives for older adults, focusing on universal design and community integration.
- Collaborations include initiatives on universal design and increasing the number of housing units for older adults.
- Efforts aim to offer housing where older adults can live within communities, rather than in isolated older adult buildings.
- Planning for new developments includes addressing the needs of older adults in those communities.
- This collaboration between agencies previously occurred informally before the cabinet.
Crystal Hudson
0:35:57
Another question I had from your testimony is you mentioned some specific examples of work with Department of Transportation And Department of Finance.
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I'm wondering if you do any collaborations with HPD, specifically around how seeing?
Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez
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Yes, we do.
0:36:15
One of the things that we've done with HPD is universal design.
0:36:20
There are several initiatives that we work working with them on some of their.
0:36:25
The vision is not only older adult housing, but also housing We're older adults living community because not only I mean, everyone doesn't wanna just live in an older adult building.
0:36:38
So we're looking at some of those designs.
0:36:39
We're looking at the number of housing units.
0:36:41
There's been a real commitment for more housing units for for older adults and it's in those kind of initiatives that we do.
0:36:50
One thing we work with them are is when a plan is coming up, as they're making a development, what are gonna be the needs of older adults in those communities.
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And so those are the kind of things that we work on together.
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And that was informal before the cabinet.
Crystal Hudson
0:37:06
Thank you so much.
0:37:07
Okay.
