Senior Housing Crisis Looms for Older Americans The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University also sees challenges ahead for housing the country’s growing population of older adults. For one, affordable, accessible housing in age-friendly communities is in short supply according to its Housing America’s Older Adults 2018, a report that is a supplement to its annual State of the Nation’s Housing Report. The older segment of baby boomers, who soon will be turning 80, will need more accessible than is currently available. And those now in their 50s and 60s may not have enough money to deal with the one-two punch of rising housing and healthcare costs. And though aging-in-place is a much discussed and desirable option for …