It is concluded that coordination between elderly housing and health care is inefficient and that they should be more integrated with one another. The other recommendations are based on the following five principals: preserving the existing housing stock; expanding successful housing production, rental assistance programs, home- and community-based services, and supportive housing models; linking shelter services to promote and encourage aging in place; reforming existing Federal financing programs to maximize flexibility and increase housing production and health and service coverage; and creating and exploring new housing and service programs, models, and demonstrations. The report emphasizes that help.
