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Glendale council accepts 2024 Senior Needs Assessment, highlights housing and transportation gaps
Summary
At a May 6 special meeting the Glendale City Council accepted an updated 2024 Senior Needs Assessment that documents rising housing cost burdens, transportation and nutrition gaps and proposes five recommendations including expanded housing support, a service navigator program and transportation and emergency-preparedness measures.
The Glendale City Council on May 6 accepted the City’s 2024 Senior Needs Assessment, an update to a 2017 study that the consultant said was conducted from 2023–24 to guide services for a rapidly growing older-adult population.
The study, presented by Aaron Salios of Maroon Society Incorporated, surveyed 1,205 community members and used stakeholder interviews and focus groups to analyze needs across 10 domains of livability. "This is a study that has been conducted over the past 2 years," Salios said during the presentation.
The report found the city’s older-adult population has grown by about 42% over two decades—rising from roughly 35,000 to nearly 50,000 based on 2023 estimates—and identified housing as the primary need. Among renters in the survey, 70% were cost-burdened (defined in the report as spending more than 30% of household income on housing), while only about 21% of senior homeowners were cost-burdened. The report recommends exploring more affordable-housing options, financial assistance…
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