
housing crisis in
central florida
There’s a huge housing shortage for service workers, such as retail salespersons, nursing assistants and food prep workers, who affluent residents rely upon.
Service jobs make up the fastest growing employment sector in Central Florida and they pay low salaries. The market is not satisfying their need for housing and their choices are scarce if not impossible.
Learn Morewhat does workforce
housing do?
- It improves a family’s physical and mental health, and helps children excel in school.
- For the elderly and people with disabilities, affordable housing is one third the cost of institutional housing.
- Affordable housing construction and rehabilitation stimulates local economies by creating jobs and generating business for contractors and suppliers.

SENIORS
CHOOSING TO EAT OR PAY FOR HOUSING
Over 25 million Americans aged 60+ are economically insecure living at or below the federal poverty level. These older adults struggle with rising housing and health care bills, inadequate nutrition, lack of access to transportation, diminished savings, and job loss. One major life event can send this vulnerable sector of the population over the edge. With the elderly, the fastest growing demographic in the U.S, low-income seniors right here in Central Florida are having trouble finding safe and affordable housing. Expanding the supply of age friendly housing can help seniors to age safely and comfortably in their home instead of institutional housing.
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