AARP URGES UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND INCLUSIVE HOMES
AARP has crafted model missing middle and ADU legislation, so local jurisdictions can adopt those tools to better serve diverse housing needs.
It also advocates for
more walkable communities, which serve the roughly 30 percent of people—of all
ages—who do not drive.
“A lot of what we built for decades, you have to drive to access everything.
We must
build homes where you can walk, bike or take transit to cultural centers,
parks, shopping, education or jobs,” Rodney Harrell is vice president, family,
home and community at the AARP Public Policy Institute, said, noting that while
this helps older adults, it also is a huge benefit to people too young to drive
as well as those with disabilities or incomes that prevent use of a car.
The CDC has
documented that more than 50 million people in America are caregivers.
Harrell said
that large number makes it imperative to design inclusive housing that can make
life healthier, safer and more productive for both the people needing care and
the caregivers.
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