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title: Housing for Older People
date: 2023-03-29T03:00:00-04:00
author: OBOS Admin
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# Housing for Older People

Housing is an important, sometimes overlooked, need for older people of all genders. While it is usually discussed in economic terms, housing can also profoundly affect our physical, social, and mental health, especially as we age. This article provides an overview of why housing is so critical to aging elders, and why ameliorating lifelong racial discrimination is a core part of this process. Housing inequities and discrimination disproportionately harm older women, disabled, poor, and BIPOC people, and of course many of us fall into several of those categories. Yet we all need access to affordable, safe, and quality housing in order to maintain good health and a good quality of life as we age.

> Housing policies and practices have systematically limited access to homeownership for persons of color and segregated many into disadvantaged neighborhoods. For many, this has curtailed economic and wealth building opportunities over the life course and exposed them to negative health consequences of segregated neighborhoods. Encouraging and supporting equitable access to safe and quality housing options for older adults should be a role for all aging services stakeholders.

[Read the full article ](https://generations.asaging.org/housing-older-adults-health-inequities-policy)

SOURCE: American Society on Aging • AUTHOR: Alisha Sanders • LAST UPDATED: July 1, 2000

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- [ growing older](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/subject-area/growing-older)
- [ housing while growing older](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/housing-while-growing-older)
- [aging](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/aging)
- [discrimination](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/discrimination)
- [housing](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/housing)
- [health disparities](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/health-disparities)
- [public policy](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/public-policy)
- [racism](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/racism)
- [economic inequalities](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/economic-inequalities)

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## Experiencing Fatphobia after My Miscarriage

EH shares how their experience with fatphobia in medical systems has increased, with doctors focusing on their weight more than their health concerns.

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EH shares how their experience with fatphobia in medical systems has increased, with doctors focusing on their weight more than their health concerns.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/stories-conversations/my-story-experiencing-fatphobia-after-my-miscarriage)

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## Giving My Younger Self Advice

JZ shares advice about aging, highlights the importance of staying active, and discusses her thyroid disease.

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JZ shares advice about aging, highlights the importance of staying active, and discusses her thyroid disease.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/stories-conversations/my-story-giving-my-younger-self-advice)

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## Carceral Feminism Isn’t the Answer to Sexual Violence

This abolitionist feminist essay articulates how the legal system often criminalizes survivors.

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This abolitionist feminist essay articulates how the legal system often criminalizes survivors.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/carceral-feminism-isnt-the-answer-to-sexual-violence)

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## Treating Triple-Negative Breast Cancer and Early Stage HER2+ Breast Cancer in Older Adults

People 65 and over who are dealing with a breast cancer diagnosis have concerns about treatment that are often unique to an older population. Zoë Christopher shares insights from the 2024 meeting of the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

People 65 and over who are dealing with a breast cancer diagnosis have concerns about treatment that are often unique to an older population. Zoë Christopher shares insights from the 2024 meeting of the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/treating-triple-negative-breast-cancer-and-early-stage-her2-breast-cancer-in-older-adults)