Sen. Ossoff Working to Increase Affordable Housing Supply for Albany Seniors

Press Release

U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to help seniors in Albany find affordable housing.

In a U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing this week, Sen. Ossoff raised the challenges seniors in Albany face finding housing and highlighted the need for local, state, and Federal government policies to support the expansion of housing supply to serve American seniors in Georgia and nationwide.

Sen. Ossoff noted seniors in Georgia often have to spend more than half of their income on housing.

"A quarter of the approximately 300,000 Georgians who spend more than half of their income on housing are seniors. And across the state, I hear from seniors, from community leaders, from elected officials, about the acute housing shortage faced by seniors in Georgia," Sen. Ossoff said in the hearing.

Audra Hamernik, President and CEO of Nevada Housing and Neighborhood Development (HAND), cited the importance of low-income housing tax credits and strong support services in combating senior housing shortages.

Source