JLC • NEW ENGLAND UPDATE • SEPTEMBER 1996
Senior Housing:
An Aging — but
Growing —
Market for New
England
Contractors
The popular image of the retiring
New Englander as a person
heading south is a faulty one,
according to a recent "Senior
Housing Forecast Conference"
given by the National Association
Home Builders' National Council
on Senior Housing. The conference
found that, largely because
most retirees stay in place, the
New England region will be
among those with the largest
growth over the next few
decades in the percentage of the
population older than 65.
This growth will make New
England one of the nation's most
significant senior housing markets
after the Sun Belt states, and has
important implications — and
potential surprises — for builders
and remodelers