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Utilization of Community Space in Affordable Housing and Assisted Living: Design Recommendations for a New Housing Typology

abstract: The United States elderly population is becoming increasingly larger, there is a need for a more adequate housing type to accommodate this population. It is estimated that by 2020, there will be a need for approximately 1.6 to 2.9 million units of affordable Assisted Living (Blake, 2005). With limited income and higher health bills, adequate housing becomes a low priority. It is estimated that 7.1 million elderly households have serious housing problems. (Blake, 2005) The scope of this research will look at literature, case studies, and interviews to begin to create and understand the necessary design aspects of Assisted Living and Affordable Housing to better create a housing typology that includes both low income residents and Assisted Living needs. This research hopes to have an outcome of Design Recommendations that can be utilized by designers when designing for an Affordable Assisted Living typology. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S.D. Design 2014

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:24871
Date January 2014
ContributorsRothner, Colleen Rose (Author), Bender, Diane (Advisor), Shraiky, James (Committee member), Stapp, Mark (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMasters Thesis
Format99 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved

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