As HUD readies the agency’s 2022-2026 Strategic Plan, HUD’s draft focus areas include preserving and expanding the supply of housing, one of LeadingAge’s primary goals for the affordable senior housing portfolio. The plan also emphasizes integrating healthcare, supportive services, and housing policies in a way that recognizes housing’s role as essential to health.

According to the HUD website, HUD’s draft FY22-26 Strategic Plan includes four focus areas:

• Support Underserved Communities
• Ensure Access to and Increase the Production of Affordable Housing
• Promote Homeownership
• Advance Sustainable Communities

LeadingAge supports HUD’s goals of increasing equitable and sustainable housing and increasing the supply of housing. The draft plan also calls out the need to recognize housing’s role as essential to health. 

The plan is expected to be officially published soon.