Get Help Florida Website

Do you need help finding benefits, housing, job resources, or legal help? The Get Help Florida website provides links to government agencies and non-profits who can help you. The site has a list of resources to help Seniors here. 

The Get Help Florida site was created by the Pasco County Public Library Cooperative with funds from a Library Services and Technology Act grant. The site is intended to be a statewide portal to valuable E-government resources for those in need of help.The Get Help Florida site organizes hundreds of resources by category, enabling users to quickly and easily locate agencies that can assist them, no matter what their need.                                                         

Housing Trends for the 55+ Market

 MetLife Mature Market Institute has published a report based on data from the most recent American Housing Survey conducted by the Census Bureau.  This report, "Housing Trends Update for the 55+ Market" describes "... where 55+ households live, characteristics of their homes and communities, and level of satisfaction with the homes and communities." In addition, the report includes information about households who moved and why they moved. Here are some key findings:

• The majority of 55+ households are not in age-restricted communities.
• The primary reasons for moving are for family or personal reasons.
• Most 55+ households are happy with the house that they live in, but the households in the age-restricted communities had the highest  measured happiness rating.
•  The choice to move to a home in an active adult community to be closer to work has increased from 2% in 2001 to 12% in 2009.
• About 54,000 housing starts in 55+ communities are projected in 2011.

You can access the full report here.