Housing americas elderly many possibilities few choices golant stephen m 9780803947641 books amazonca. Boston university libraries services navigate linked data dashboard tools extras stats share social mail. Housing and location choices of older adults given their high homeownership rates most older adults live in single family homes of the 24 million homeowners age 65 and over fully 80 percent lived in detached single family units in 2017 the majority of these homes are now at least 40 years old and therefore may present maintenance challenges for their owners although some 22 percent of the . Americas aging population faces serious challenges when it comes to housing according to a new report released by harvards joint center for housing studies jchs the housing americas older adults 2019 report which supplements the jchs annual state of the nations housing report examines income and homeownership disparities as well as housing costs for the growing number of