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Building Age-Friendly Communities
2015This video features older adults sharing what they want in an age-friendly community. -
Better Together: A Comparative Analysis of Age-Friendly and Dementia Friendly Communities
March 2016by: Natalie Turner, Lydia MorkenThis report explores the relationship between age-friendly and dementia friendly community building strategies and advocates for a more integrated approach. -
Paris, ME, Age Friendly Community
Adopted April 2018This functional plan addresses the current age-friendly work being done in the town and proposes goals, objectives, and actions for each of the WHO’s eight domains of livability. -
Livable Community Indicators for Sustainable Aging in Place
March 2013by: Amanda Lehning, Annie HarmonThis report proposes a list of indicators that local governments can use to examine how well older adults can age in place. -
Sausalito, CA, Age Friendly Sausalito
2016This functional plan lists strategies, outputs, responsible agencies, and indicators for each of the WHO’s eight domains of livability. -
Aging in Every Place: Supportive Service Programs for High and Low Density Communities
March 2014by: Janet Viveiros, Maya BrennanThis briefing paper highlights successful supportive service programs that are helping older adults age in place in dense, less dense, and sparsely populated neighborhoods. -
Child Care and Community Development
April 2010by: Kristen Anderson, Ellen DektarThis report emphasizes the social, economic, and environmental benefits of a robust childcare and early education network. -
Age Friendly Communities
2013This web page provides a step-by-step guide for mobilizing stakeholders to build an age-friendly community. -
AARP Livable Communities
Updated 2019This web page contains several resources related to AARP’s Livable Communities initiative. -
Age-Friendly Communities
Updated 2019This web page discusses how to make a community more friendly for aging in place. -
Long-Range Planning for Health, Equity & Prosperity: A Primer for Local Governments
December 2019by: Erik CallowayThis guide is designed to help planners promote health equity through long-range planning processes. -
Ethics, Equity and Social Justice Roles and Implications of Planners
Planning Webcast Series, September 2014by: Victor Rubin, Anita Hairston, AICPThis recorded webinar examines the responsibility of planners to work towards economic and social equity as outlined in the AICP Code of Ethics. -
Equitable Development
2018by: Sunny Widmann, Adam KentThis video features a conversation with Senior Program Officer Adam Kent from the D.C. office of Local Initiatives Support Corporation on equitable development. -
Introducing the National Equity Atlas
December 2014by: Sarah Treuhaft, Justin ScogginsThis recorded webinar tours the National Equity Atlas, a data and policy resource developed by PolicyLink and the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity at University of Southern California. -
Historian Says Don't "Sanitize" How Our Government Created Ghettos
2015by: Richard RothsteinThis audio recording with Richard Rothstein addresses the legacy of government-sponsored segregation in America’s cities. -
Food Access Research Atlas
2019by: Michele Ver PloegThis interactive map uses supermarket accessibility data to show which census tracts are low access at different distances. -
11th Street Bridge Park - Equitable Development Task Force
2015by: 11th Street Bridge ParkThis video highlights the work of the Equitable Development Task Force, part of the 11th Street Bridge Park project in Washington D.C. -
SEEDoc New Mexico: Interview Highlights, Jamie Blosser and Tomasita Duran
2012by: Jamie Blosser, Tomasita DuranThis video discusses the process of rehabilitating the pueblo in Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico. -
PolicyMap
2019This interactive map allows users to visualize demographic, income, housing, lending, quality of life, economic, education, health, and other variables nationally. -
Infrastructure Morality | Social Equity
September 2016This video discusses the relationship between infrastructure and social equity. -
Municipal Action Guide: Responding to Racial Tension in Your City
2019by: Rita Soler Ossolinski, Ariel Guerrero, Leon AndrewsThis guide outlines how public officials can prepare to respond to incidents of racial tension. -
The California Healthy Places Index
2018This interactive map visualizes a Healthy Places Index score, which combines 25 community characteristics, for the state of California. -
The CARE Roadmap: 10-Step Plan to Improve Community Environment and Health
2018This guide was developed by the EPA to facilitate community engagement in environment and health planning. -
Environmental Justice Atlas
2019by: Leah Temper, Joan Martinez Alier, Daniel Del BeneThis interactive map records global environmental justice conflicts. -
Pinellas County, FL, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted 2010The county's comprehensive plan includes goals, objectives, and policies that address solar energy use and group housing. -
Aging in Community: The Communitarian Alternative to Aging in Place, Alone
Journal of the American Society on Aging, 37(4): 6-13, 2013by: Janice BlanchardThis article discusses the emergence and acceptance of aging-in-community models both by choice and by economic necessity. -
Age-Friendly Communities - A Women's Issue
Women & Environments International Magazine, Fall 2010/Winter 2011by: Reggie ModlichThis article emphasizes the gender dimension of creating age-friendly communities. -
Walking A Tightrope – Regulating Group Homes Without Running Afoul of Federal and State Laws
2012by: T. Peter Pierce, Patrick "Kit" BobkoThis paper focuses on the limits imposed by federal and California law upon the regulation of housing for disabled persons. -
Normandy Park, WA, Report and Recommendations to the City Council by the Task Force on Group Homes
2012This report provides recommendations to bring local zoning into compliance with current legal protections regarding group homes. -
Fair Housing Reasonable Accommodation: A Guide to Assist Developers and Providers of Housing for People with Disabilities in California
2005This report provides an overview of fair housing laws and how to use the reasonable accommodation provisions of the law. -
Lincoln, NE, Mayor’s Group Homes Task Force Final Report
2005This report examines the city’s laws and regulations governing group homes and congregate housing and recommends changes. -
Regulating Group Homes in the Twenty First Century: The Limits of Municipal Authority
2013by: Ted GatheThis white paper provides a thorough overview of group housing legal issues, including relevant court cases. -
Law of the Land
2017by: Patricia SalkinThis land-use law and zoning blog includes posts on court decisions related to fair housing act issues. -
Planning for an Aging Population
February 2011by: Leonard Heumann, Jacques Gourguechon, AICP, Elizabeth Tyler, FAICPThis recorded webinar explores a range of issues related to age-friendly communities, including ageism, mobility, and neighborhood and hosing models to optimize service delivery to older adults. -
San Diego, CA, Age Well San Diego
2018This functional plan integrates the age-friendly and dementia-friendly frameworks to propose a series of recommendations related to health and community support, housing, social participation, transportation, and becoming dementia-friendly. -
Cities Alive: Designing for Ageing Communities
June 2019by: Michael Amabile, AICP, Greyson Clark, AICP, Jonelle SimunichThis report presents a framework for planning for, and with, older residents to foster age-friendly communities. -
What Makes a Community Age-Friendly: A Review of International Literature
Australian Journal on Ageing, 28(3): 116-121, 2009by: Chi-Wai Lui, Jo-Anne Everingham, Jeni WarburtonThis article provides a comprehensive literature review of the international research on age-friendly communities and discusses the impact this has had on Australian planning efforts. -
Young People and Placemaking: Engaging Youth to Create Community Places
Placemaking, June 1, 2015by: Cheryl MillardThis blog post lists successful placemaking projects from around the world that meaningfully engaged youth. -
Cities and Their Mayors Can Change the Future of Aging in America
CitiesSpeak, November 9, 2016by: Paul IrvingThis blog post argues that the local government is the best scale for implementing innovative change when it comes to building age-friendly communities. -
Street Trees: A Livability Fact Sheet
2014by: AARP, Walkable and Livable Communities InstituteThis fact sheet aims to help communities embrace street trees as an age-inclusive livability intervention. -
How Families Can Benefit the Planning and Design of Cities
Planetizen, September 2, 2014by: Bradley Calvert, AICPThis blog post pushes back against the assumption that families are expensive for cities. -
Planning for Family Friendly Communities: City of Burlington, Vermont
2009by: Jinwoo KwonThis case study shares how Burlington, Vermont has worked to improve quality of life through housing, recreation, transportation, and engagement initiatives. -
Planning for Family Friendly Communities: City of Frederick, Maryland
2009by: Brianna OlsonThis case study shares how Frederick, Maryland has worked to become more family-friendly through affordable housing initiatives. -
Addressing the Needs of LGBT Seniors
August 2013by: Britta Larson, Serena Worthington, Joy SilverThis recorded webinar centers LGBT seniors in the age-friendly communities conversation. -
Finding the Best Lead Agency to Make Your Community Age-Friendly
July 2015by: Cathy Boyer-Shesol, Stephanie Krone Firestone, Alan DeLaTorreThis recorded webinar shares the opportunities and challenges of involving different types of organizations in an age-friendly community initiative. -
Intergenerational Community Building: Resource Guide
September 2012by: Corita Brown, Nancy HenkinThis guide presents the Community for All Ages framework, an intergenerational approach to community building. -
Measuring the Age-Friendliness of Cities: A Guide to Using Core Indicators
2015by: World Health OrganizationThis guide proposes a framework and set of indicators that can help local leaders create an evaluation process to assess a city’s age-friendliness. -
Guide for Developing Accessible & Age Friendly Zoning Code
April 2016by: Elizabeth DeckerThis guide is designed to help cities in Oregon update their zoning codes to address accessibility, aging, and affordability. -
Creating An Age-Advantaged Community: A Toolkit for Building Intergenerational Communities that Recognize, Engage, and Support All Ages
2016by:This guide highlights the benefits of intergenerational planning and discusses the key components of an intergenerational community. -
Guiding Principles for the Sustainability of Age-Friendly Community Efforts
October 2015by: Grantmakers in AgingThis guide provides a framework for sustaining age-friendly initiatives based on five principles.