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Study: Marathon County faces hundreds more older-adult housing units by 2040; affordability and staffing flagged as top risks
Summary
A regional planning consultant told the Marathon County Extension, Education and Economic Development Committee that demographic shifts could require hundreds of senior-oriented units by 2040 and that affordability and shortages of health-care workers will be the principal constraints.
Sam Wessel of the North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission told the Marathon County Extension, Education and Economic Development Committee that the Wausau older-adult housing study projects significant increases in demand as the population ages.
Wessel said the analysis, which builds on a 2022 Metropolitan Housing Assessment and newer DOA population projections, focuses on the share of housing that will be occupied by residents aged 55 and older. He identified two main constraints: "affordability and health…
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