Policy Implementation and Funding Mechanisms Imperative to Addressing Ontario’s Housing Crisis for Older Adults

In commemoration of Seniors’ Month, the Director of Corporate Communications, Public Relations and Marketing at the Annie Parker Foundation, Patricia Thangaraj sat down with Founder and Managing Director of Collaborative Aging, Sue Lantz to speak about the need for affordable, accessible and socially designed housing for older adults in Ontario. In this exclusive interview, Lantz details why the need for effective policy solutions and funding schemes is imperative in addressing the province’s housing crisis for older adults, especially given that many of them live on fixed incomes, which makes it more difficult for them to afford decent, quality housing because of the rising costs of various things due to inflation and other emerging factors, which means that these groups now have less money to spend on mortgages or rent.