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Survey Says: Americans Increasingly Want Green
    A pair of trade association studies independent of each another indicate the interest of U.S. consumer for certain green products in the home and commercial buildings is rising. Both the Nat'l Assn. of Home Builders and the Electrical Alliance found a larger number of respondents talking green in nationwide June studies.
07/03/2008 7:14 PM

AoA Announces Nursing Home Diversion Funding Opportunity
    U.S. Assistant Secretary for Aging Josefina Carbonell on July 1 announced the availability of $13 million to support state efforts to help individuals with long-term care needs to avoid unnecessary nursing home placement.
07/03/2008 7:11 PM

RLTV Cutting Back
    The Baltimore Sun reports that Retirement Living TV, a Maryland-based cable channel focused on older adults, has placed four shows on hiatus and laid off 47 workers.
07/03/2008 7:08 PM

June HSR Notes
    Dear readers: This month's compilation of HSR is highlighted by more advice and background from those who won big at the 2008 Best of 50+ Housing Awards, presented by the Nat'l Assn. of Home Builders. We also have the return of ...
06/26/2008 10:15 AM

Builders' Take-Home Taking Tumble
    More earnings news from publicly traded homebuilders continued trickling in this month, including from the parent company of one of the nation's top active adult builder -- but there is little to boast about coming out of the Northeast.
06/26/2008 09:58 AM

Words from Winners: Metropolitan Home Goes Diverse
    Active adult developers seem intent in recent years to focus on increasingly narrow niches when developing and marketing their 50+ communities. Not so for Colorado's Metropolitan Homes, whose expansive concept for Vallagio at Inverness netted the prestigious Gold Award for the top Overall (midsized) Community in the 2008 Best of 50+ Housing Awards.
06/26/2008 09:41 AM

Wylde: Study Busts Incorrect Boomer Assumptions
    Think the vast majority of baby boomer homebuyers want to downsize and live in a golf-centric community? Wrong, says a new study and its author.
06/26/2008 09:40 AM

Big Builders Continue Strong Presence in 50+ Housing Awards
    While 50+ homebuilders, designers and marketers from around the globe received recognition from the Nat'l Assn. of Home Builders in the 2008 Best of 50+ Housing Awards, a couple of familiar (and large) corporate faces showed dominance again.
06/26/2008 09:38 AM

Conference Reg Deadline Approaching
    The registration deadline for the 18th installment of an industry conference hosted by the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry (NIC) is approaching on July 23.
06/26/2008 09:37 AM

Chapter Really Likes Erickson, They Really, Really Like Erickson
    They may have been lacking the regalia of a red carpet, paparazzi or acceptance speech with a musical background, but Erickson Communities officials remain proud of the multiple regional Emmy awards it picked up near its home base.
06/26/2008 09:35 AM