In Montana and across the nation, homeless shelters are reporting that people older than 60 are a growing proportion of their populations.
of older adults in the state, about 44% struggled with housing during the previous year, and only 10% considered housing affordable.
Community organizers working directly with homeless people have a deep understanding of how the trend is playing out in their areas. A memory that still haunts him, he said, is of an older man who froze to death three days after being denied a spot in the Bozeman shelter because he was incontinent and had mobility problems. “He actually was found outside of a Lowe’s store here in Bozeman,” Guyer said.
Other advocacy organizations want to focus on economic stabilization initiatives that would help older people stay in their homes. One idea is to change how Social Security payments are calculated by pegging them to the, an online calculator that estimates living expenses by location. But that would require congressional approval.
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