• “Healthy Aging Begins at Home” (2016), by the Bipartisan Policy Center, examines the relationship between housing and seniors’ health and makes several policy recommendations for meeting the needs of the aging population. cdn.bipartisanpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/BPC-Healthy-Aging.pdfeere/buildings/downloads/homerx-health-benefits-home-performance-review-current-evidence.
  
• “Older Adults Facing Worst Case Housing Needs and Homelessness: Recent Trends and Policy Implications” (2015), by Thomas Byrne, focuses on the housing needs of some of the most vulnerable seniors: those with severe housing cost burdens and/or severely inadequate housing. www.bu.edu/ssw/files/2015/06/BYRNE_WHCOA_BRIEF_20150415.pdf.
  
• “Housing Costs and Financial Challenges for Low-Income Older Adults” (2015), by Richard W. Johnson, breaks down the sources of income and expenses for low-income seniors and recommends potential policy changes to help seniors facing financial challenges. www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/64796/2000312-Housing-Costs-and-Financial-Challenges-for-Low-Income-Older-Adults.pdf.
  
• “Tips to Age-in-Place” (n.d.), on the Bath Housing website, offers a helpful list of relatively simple, low-cost environmental and behavioral modifications that can make a home safer and more comfortable for seniors aging in place. bathhousing.org/aging-in-place/tips-age-place/.
  
• An Aging Nation: The Older Population in the United States (2014), by Jennifer M. Ortman, Victoria A. Velkoff, and Howard Hogan, provides population projections of the growing aging population and related demographics as drivers for this trend based on the 2010 census. www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/p25-1140.pdf.
  
• Accessory Dwelling Units: Model State Act and Local Ordinance (2000), by Rodney L. Cobb and Scott Dvorak, proposes example legislation for local governments and municipalities to use as models for their own ordinances for accessory dwelling units (ADUs). www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/livable-communities/documents-2015/ADU-report-AARP-APA.pdf.
  
• In Defining the Goals of Age-Friendly Interventions (2017), Allen Glicksman and Lauren Ring use social connectivity and an ecological model for rethinking the term “age friendly.” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02763893.2017.1309925.
  

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• "Home RX: The Health Benefits of Home Performance: A Review of the Current Evidence" (2016), by Jonathan Wilson, David Jacobs, Amanda Reddy, Ellen Tohn, Jonathan Cohen, and Ely Jacobsohn, examines the evidence on the relationship between home performance and resident health. energy.gov/eere/buildings/downloads/home-rx-health-benefits-home-performance-review-current-evidence.
  
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s “Innovations in Buildings” website contains research and tools that allow users to evaluate potential savings and get recommendations on insulation, roof surfaces, wall assemblies, and other materials based on user-specific data such as the size and climate of the home. web.ornl.gov/sci/buildings/tools/.
  
• “Tests and methods of evaluating the self-healing efficiency of concrete: A review” (2016), by Nasiru Zakari Muhammad and colleagues, surveys the research and methods used to test the ability and efficiency of concrete to self-heal cracks — an advance in the durability of residences built with concrete. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095006181630304X.
  
• The Home Innovation Research Labs “Home Innovation” website contains reports and other resources on a range of building topics, including energy efficiency, natural disaster mitigation, and structural performance. www.homeinnovation.com.
  
• “Affordable passive solar design in a temperate climate: An experiment in residential building orientation” (2011), by John Morrissey, Trivess Moore, and Ralph Horne, tests the effects of building orientation on the modeled energy efficiency of various design standards and their implications for costs and affordability. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148110003836.
  
• “Awareness, perceptions and willingness to adopt Cross-Laminated Timber by the architecture community in the United States” (2015), by Maria Fernanda Laguarda Mallo and Omar Espinoza, offers a case study examining the barriers to adoption of an innovative building material — Cross-Laminated Timber — in the United States. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652615001031.
  
• “A life-cycle framework for integrating green building and hazard-resistant design: examining the seismic impacts of buildings with green roofs” (2016), by Sarah J. Welsh-Huggins and Abbie B. Liel, presents a framework for assessing the environmental impacts and hazard resistance of buildings through the case study of an office building. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15732479.2016.1198396.
  
• “Multifamily Green Rehabilitation Guide” (2017), by International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology, provides information on the performance of energy-efficient retrofits for multifamily affordable housing and identifies ways to overcome the split-incentive barrier. www.icastusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ICAST-Multifamily-Green-Rehab-Resource-Guide-Old.pdf.
  

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