Tag: demographics

Millennial Renters

6 Ways to Attract Them

“The Millennials are coming, the Millennials are coming!” We’ve all heard some version of this over the last few years, but now they’re here and ready to rent. Are your properties positioned to get their attention? Here are six simple ways to attract more Millennials to your vacant properties. Learn how you can help them […]

Technology

Active Aging Tech

Senior fueled boom

According to the Consumer Technology Association, technology for the active aging presents a $24 billion market opportunity that could reach $42 billion by 2020.

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Housing Options

Care, Cost, Choice for Seniors

With home prices rising faster than the cost of senior housing, many older adults could be ready to make the change from homeowner to senior living resident.

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Independence Cart

Creative Senior Living Concept

A mobile store on wheels, the Independence Cart delivers more than greeting cards and candy bars; it provides senior living residents a chance to live a bit more independently.

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Similar Challenges

Seniors, students & housing

When it comes to new construction, students are finding themselves in a dilemma similar to renters twice their age. A shortage of affordable and middle-market properties has students and seniors struggling to pay for shelter. Senior Care In senior housing, Boomers face limited affordable and middle-income options for their aging loved ones or themselves. New […]

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Tech-Savvy Seniors

Supporting longevity

The increasing use of modern technology over the last several decades is being attributed to greater cognitive function amongst aging populations.

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Bridging Generations

Senior and Millennial Housing

Homes That Fit invites Finnish millennials to cohabitate with Helsinki senior citizens as part of a pilot program run by City of Helsinki's Youth Department

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Myth Busting

MultiGen Workspaces

Yardi client Avison Young recently released “Five generations: Is the need for new workplace structures myth or reality?” The white paper explores the perceived need to overhaul workplace layouts in order to accommodate multi-generational employees. Generations have replaced one another in the workplace since, well, the dawn of the workplace. Yet the introduction of Millennials […]

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StratIS

Tech for Student Housing

Tech and college students go hand-in-hand. That hasn’t always been the case for tech and student housing. This sector of multifamily housing has experienced a lag in affordable products that bring energy management and automation into the modern technological environment. StratIS is quickly changing that. BuLogics, a campus leaders in wireless solutions for the Internet […]

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Keep Connected

National Assisted Living Week 2016

With its 2016 theme, Keep Connected, the National Center for Assisted Living hopes to shine a spotlight on how technology can enhance the lives of senior citizens.

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Active Retirement

Best U.S. Cities

These top five retirement destinations prove today’s seniors want stronger community connections, friendly tax policies, and all the amenities associated with an active lifestyle.

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Homeownership

Do salaries stack up?

Finder.com recently gathered data on 78 cities throughout the US. The figures were used to determine the salaries needed to buy a home and live comfortably within these cities. The average wage in the US–$52,250 according to the US Census Bureau—sustains homeownership in only 46 percent of the listed cities. Realistically, the numbers are even […]

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Global Aging

Senior Living Around the World

In the U.S., the impending wave of aging baby boomers has sparked a cultural shift in senior living industry, inspiring thousands of new projects and products. But what about the rest of the world? According to United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report Aging in the 21st Century, “the population of people over 60 will reach […]

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Boycotting Bingo

Senior Gaming Gains Ground

From pinball to Pac-Man, arcade games and their video counterparts tend to be relegated to the children’s table – derided as juvenile entertainments that sap brainpower and encourage antisocial behavior. Lately, though, that perspective has shifted as more and more studies reveal a host of social and mental benefits associated with game play, especially for […]

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Renting to Millennials

What You Know is Wrong

You know all of those reports on Millennials and their love for tiny, urban spaces in walkable communities? They might be wrong. It turns out that Millennials value space and authenticity more than we previously believed—and the two rarely go hand-in-hand. A recent study suggests that while Millennials do enjoy their apartments in urban environments, […]

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