Affordable Clustered Housing-Care: A Category of Long-Term Care Options for the Elderly Poor

The focus of this paper is on a category of affordable housing arrangements that has emerged to help low-income older persons cope with their long-term care needs in their communities. These purposely planned or adapted housing options make it possible for their occupants to benefit from both affordable shelter (i.e., room and board) and long-term care. Today, they are known by different names: service enriched affordable housing, affordable supportive housing, affordable assisted housing, affordable housing plus services, subsidized NORC (naturally occurring retirement community) service programs, assisted living in public housing, and service coordinated housing.