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QUESTION
What are the trends regarding housing issues for older adults across different boroughs?
1:15:41
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Penney Vachiraprapun indicates that the Department for the Aging does not track housing issues for older adults referred to HRA, including those related to vouchers.
- Council Member Alexa Avilés inquiries about trends in housing issues for older adults.
- Avilés expresses particular interest in how these issues, including those related to vouchers, vary across boroughs.
- Vachiraprapun clarifies that housing issues referred to the Human Resources Administration (HRA) are not tracked by the Department for the Aging.
Alexa Avilés
1:15:41
Are you seeing particular trends for older adults in this area?
1:15:45
Obviously, you're responding to quite a range.
1:15:48
Of concerns and issues across the city.
1:15:50
I'm sure they look very different depending on the borough.
1:15:52
But are you seeing trends around concentration of issues, particularly as it relates to older adults in the housing arena.
Penney Vachiraprapun
1:16:00
Do you mean with regard to the legal services providers?
Alexa Avilés
1:16:03
With regards to housing, And in particular, I guess, I'd love to learn a little bit more about the work related to vouchers and what that specifically looks like.
1:16:13
But
Penney Vachiraprapun
1:16:13
because we refer those particular issues to HRA, we don't we don't keep track.
Alexa Avilés
1:16:18
Okay.
1:16:19
Okay.
1:16:20
I I guess with that, I'm I'd be happy to turn it over to Council colleagues.