AS DEMAND TO AGE IN PLACE SOARS, SENIOR CITIZENS ARE SEEKING MORE WALKABILITY AND DIVERSE HOUSING TYPES

A TREND THAT ALSO SERVES PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OF ALL AGES

Jeff Speck, leader of Brookline, MA-based Speck Dempsey, notes the Naturally Occurring Retirement Community – places in hundreds of medium- and large-sized cities with a high concentration of older residents drawn to the conveniences that walkable urbanism provides.

“The walkable city is also the rollable city, and making it more rollable (for people with disabilities) makes it more walkable,” he said.