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Model Ordinance for Providing Reasonable Accommodation Under Federal and State Fair Housing Laws
2003This model ordinance provides a process for making reasonable accommodation in regulating housing for people with disabilities. -
Housing Quotas for People with Disabilities: Legislating Exclusion
Urban Lawyer 43(4): 915–47, 2011by: Daniel MandelkerThis article provides a thorough critique of the legal and rationale justifications for group home separation requirements. -
Can a Group Home be Zoned Out of the Neighborhood?
Coates' Canons (NC Local Government Law Blog), May 12, 2012by: David OwensThis blog post explores the question of where to draw the boundary between a “single family” residence and a “group” residence. -
The Zoning of Group Homes for the Disabled…Zeroing in on a Reasonable Accommodation
Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal, Spring (Symposium Edition) 2003by: Elizabeth LeamonThis article focuses on the legal issues surrounding group homes for recovering addicts. -
It's All About Jobs
PlannersWeb, October 2013by: Stuart Andreason, Jennifer Wallace-BrodeurThis article highlights the role of job creation in attracting young adults to cities. -
What Brings Children to the Park? Analysis and Measurement of the Variables Affecting Children's Use of Parks
Journal of the American Planning Association, 76(1): 89-107, 2010by: Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Athanasios SiderisThis JAPA article analyzes park visitation patterns among middle-school children and finds significant demographic and spatial differences. -
The Importance of Social Connectedness in Building Age-Friendly Communities
Journal of Aging Research, 2012: 1-9, 2012by: Charles Emlet, Joane MoceriThis article shares the results of a community forum about social connectedness in age-friendly communities. -
The Intergenerational Imperative
PM Magazine, March 2019by: Irv KatzThis article highlights the costs associated with increased age segregation and lists the benefits of encouraging intergenerational interactions for youth and older adults. -
Smart Growth = Smart Parenting
PlaceShakers and NewsMakers, June 24, 2011by: Scott DoyonThis blog post emphasizes the role of developers and planners in making communities work for youth. -
Case Study: The Age-Friendly Programme in Portland
2018by: Tine Buffel, Natalie Cotterell, Chris PhillipsonThis case study tracks Portland, Oregon’s progress towards becoming an age-friendly city. -
Modern Roundabouts: A Livability Fact Sheet
2014by: AARP, Walkable and Livable Communities InstituteThis fact sheet aims to help communities embrace modern roundabouts as an age-inclusive transportation intervention. -
A Regional Approach for Age Friendly Communities
January 2018This recorded webinar discusses the Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission’s (SNHPC) age-friendly assessments, which focused on the challenges and opportunities faced by both seniors and millennials. -
Impacts and Opportunities of an Aging Population
February 2011by: Doug Beach, Margaret Reggentin, AICP, Peter Sechler, AICPThis recorded webinar considers the opportunities and challenges of an aging population, including the impact on emergency services and government spending. -
WHO/IFA Webinar 10 - Age-Friendly Housing: Promoting Healthy Spaces for All Ages
February 2019by: Ramona Ludolph, Sybil Boutilier, Luis Berrios NovoaThis recorded webinar explores the relationship between housing and public health and introduces the World Health Organization’s Housing and health guidelines. -
Re Imagining Aging in Community
May 2018by: Mildred Warner, Jana Lynott, AICP, Candace RobinsonThis recorded webinar questions the organizational and financial capacity of current institutions to meet the needs of a growing population of older adults. -
WHO/IFA Web 4 - Ageing 2.0: Improving Experiences for Older People Through Technology and Innovation
August 2017by: Stephen JohnstonThis recorded webinar highlights the role of technology and innovation in creating age-friendly communities. -
WHO/IFA Webinar 9 - Ending Ageism: Toward a World for All Ages
May 2019by: Liat AyalonThis recorded webinar introduces the concept of ageism, its systemic manifestations, and its impact on the human rights of older adults. -
Senior Mobility
August 2012by: Ellen Oettinger, Richard Weiner, Jon KaimanThis recorded webinar shares current transportation trends for meeting the mobility needs of older adults. -
Sustainable Changes to Make Your Community Age-Friendly
April 2015by: Cathy Boyer-Shesol, Kathryn Lawler, Amy St PeterThis recorded webinar features five communities working to implement age-friendly initiatives. -
Healthy Places, Healthy Children
2017by: Belfast Healthy CitiesThis series of training videos introduces teachers in Belfast, Ireland to a resource designed to help children explore the connections between the built environment and health. -
Age-Friendly Municipal Toolkit
July 2017by: Lori Fiegel, Andrea Beahm, Amy HumboldtThis guide connects municipal staff in St. Louis County, Missouri, with the resources necessary to implement the Age-Friendly Community Action Plan. -
Age-Friendly Communities Evaluation Guide: Using Indicators to Measure Progress
December 2015by: Public Health Agency of CanadaThis guide was designed to inform local Canadian governments on how to evaluate age-friendly initiatives. -
A Blueprint for Action: Developing a Livable Community for All Ages
May 2007by: National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, Partners for Livable CommunitiesThis guide is designed to help local leaders collaborate with public and private stakeholders to create an age-friendly community. -
Age-Friendly Built Environments: Opportunities for Local Government
2006by: Australian Local Government AssociationThis guide includes six fact sheets covering several age-friendly issues. -
Active Ageing: A Policy Framework
April 2002by: World Health OrganizationThis guide for policymakers defines active aging and its demographic determinants, discusses seven challenges of aging, and includes three key policy proposals related to health, participation, and security. -
Dementia Friendly Communities Toolkit
2019This toolkit defines what a dementia-friendly community is and guides communities towards becoming dementia-friendly. -
Honolulu, HI, Making Honolulu an Age-Friendly City
Adopted June 2015This functional plan uses six of the WHO’s eight domains of livability to present a vision, current conditions, and goals. -
Seattle, WA, Age Friendly Seattle Action Plan 2018-2021
Adopted 2018This functional plan identifies strategies to reduce racial and social inequality among older adults in each of the WHO’s eight domains of livability. -
Waldo County, ME, Building an Age-Friendly County in Maine
Adopted 2018This functional plan proposes SMART goals addressing transportation, social isolation, and affordable housing. -
Aging in Place: A State Survey of Livability Policies and Practices
2011by: Nicholas Farber, Douglas Shinkle, Jana Lynott, AICPThis report provides a list of state policies related to land use, transportation, and housing that support aging in place. -
Tucson, AZ, Age-Friendly Tucson
Adopted 2019This functional plan highlight’s the city’s strengths and lists the current age-friendly features, activities, and services. -
Compendium of Community Aging Initiatives
March 2010by: Andrew ScharlachThis report compiles summaries of 121 community aging initiatives from across the country. -
Massachusetts ReiMAgine Aging
Adopted January 2019This functional plan helps coordinate and align local and regional efforts to reimagine aging in Massachusetts. -
Aging, Agency, and Attribution of Responsibility: Shifting Public Discourse about Older Adults
2015by: Moira O'Neil, Abigail HaydonThis report analyzes media narratives about aging and proposes communication strategies that may be more productive at increasing age-friendly policies and programs. -
Aging with Dignity & Independence
October 2011by: Kathy Black, Suzanne GregoryThis report investigates the lived experience of older adults in Sarasota County, Florida, with the goal of helping to facilitate aging with dignity and independence. -
Is This a Good Place to Live? Measuring Community Quality of Life for All Ages
April 2014by: Rodney Harrell, Jana Lynott, AICP, Shannon GuzmanThis report discusses AARP’s effort to define, plan for, and measure livability. -
Montclair Township, NJ, Lifelong Montclair
Adopted 2017This functional plan uses the WHO’s eight domains of livability to make several concrete, low-cost age-friendly recommendations. -
Aging in the Pike Peaks Region
April 2015by: Tucker Adams, Cindy DeGroenThis report provides a detailed look at the issue of aging in the Pike Peaks Region of Colorado, consisting of El Paso, Teller, and Park counties. -
Sonoma County, CA, Code of Ordinances
Updated June 2019This regulation belongs to the Age-Friendly Communities and Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments collections. -
Building Child- and Age-Friendly Communities in Tight Fiscal Times
The Municipal Year Book, 2013by: Mildred Warner, Lydia MorkenThis briefing paper situates the need to plan for demographic change alongside growing fiscal stress in local government. -
Strategies for Increasing Child Care Facilities Development and Financing in California
2007by: Brentt Brown, Maricela Carlos, Carlise KingThis report identifies the challenges and opportunities of the development and financing of childcare facilities in California. -
The Global Network for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities
2018by: Alana Officer, Diane WuThis report shares the progress made by the WHO Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities over the last decade toward creating more age-friendly communities. -
Hamilton Township, NJ, Township Code
Updated June 2019The township’s zoning code establishes a Planned Retirement Development Overlay Zone and a Planned Retirement Development Zone to serve a growing population of older adults. -
Transportation and Family-Friendly Communities
April 2009by: Jinwoo KwonThis briefing paper explores how communities can implement transportation interventions to build more family-friendly communities. -
Reaching Out: Youth and Family Participation
April 2009by: Kevin McaveyThis briefing paper discusses the importance of fostering youth and family participation in the planning process. -
Building Children Out of Our Cities
Shelterforce, January 2016by: Tiffany EngThis article points out the lack of discussion about families in Oakland, California’s A Downtown for Everyone: Shaping the Future of Downtown Oakland. -
Livable Communities
Updated 2019This web page discusses livable communities and provides a list of Resources by n4a and other organizations. -
Village to Village Network
2019This web page introduces the Village model, a volunteer-run age-friendly intervention. -
AARP Research: Livable Communities
Updated 2019This web page contains resources from AARP Research related to Livable Communities. -
District of Columbia, 2006 Comprehensive Plan
Adopted 2006The city's comprehensive plan addresses group housing in the Land Use element.