Senior Housing Roundtables

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ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLES

The Area Agency on Aging of Pasco-Pinellas (AAAPP) will host two Senior Housing Roundtable Discussions this fall. These meetings — in partnership with the Pinellas Community Foundation and Community Foundation of Tampa Bay — will take place on Wednesday November 29 in Pinellas County and on Thursday, November 30 in Pasco County. AAAPP has engaged Stephen Ferrante of Group Victory to facilitate both sessions. Representatives from both Counties, several Housing Authorities, non-profit organizations who build and manage affordable housing developments, as well as a few developers have committed to attend these discussions. We would love for you or a member of your team to attend.

Our Board of Directors’ strategic plan includes addressing an unmet senior need in Pinellas and Pasco counties, the geographic area our organization serves. The unmet need that the Board and staff identified is housing insecurity. The goals are to:

Prevent senior homelessness
Advocate for additional safe, accessible and affording housing for seniors

Housing insecurity ranks as the number 2 reason seniors reach out to our helpline, with more than a 40% increase in those calls over the last 18 months. Additionally, and as you probably know, nationally seniors are the highest population experiencing homelessness for the first time over any other demographic.

Our objectives for these Roundtables are to:

Bring stakeholders together to specifically discuss senior affordable housing
Obtain commitments that we will collectively advocate for more affordable and accessible housing
Identify short, medium, and long term strategies to increase affordable housing by understanding and addressing barriers to entry

We appreciate this initiative is bold, will require hard work, leadership, and engaged partners. We are kicking off these events with a lot of momentum. Our communities are ready to take on this challenge.

Meeting Resources

Innovation @ Home - Approaches to Successful Aging in Community from 25 Countries: An Introduction for Funders

Housing and Homelessness: Services and Partnerships to Address a Growing Issue

News

Biden-Harris Administration Encourages Communities and Developers to Explore More Commercial to Residential Conversions

PARTNERS

PUBlic Records

F.S. 119 and the Florida Constitution provide a right of access to the public records of AAAPP pursuant to F.S. 20.41. Certain records are exempt or confidential and exempt from disclosure. Anyone can request public records from the Area Agency on Aging of Pasco Pinellas. The requester is responsible for any cost of providing the public records, which includes staff time, cost of copies and other costs that are associated with the request as set forth by law. To make a request, please send an email to publicrecords@aaapp.org

DEI Statement

AAAPP’s services are available to all eligible individuals in Pasco and Pinellas counties and AAAPP complies with all legally mandated non-discrimination policies. AAAPP strives to provide services through a lens of inclusivity by making sure underserved communities are aware of the services available and providing the requisite assistance in linking eligible individuals to available services. The Board of Directors, Advisory Council and staff will be representative of the seniors, adults with disabilities and caregivers we serve. We welcome the unique perspectives of all persons in our quest to fulfill our mission.