Senior Independent Living
This is the place to find information on Senior Independent Living options...
Some retirees don't even think twice about where they will live in retirement. Home Sweet Home, of course.
Others look at their options, they might downsize to a smaller home/condo, move into a rental, or to a warmer climate.
Are you looking at your housing options as a senior?
- Stay at Home? Need a Reverse Mortgage to allow you to Stay home?
- Declutter and Downsize to a Senior Apartment?
- Low Income Housing Needs?
- Move to a Condo with no outdoor maintenance?
- Location Location: Move inside your community or to another state?
- Move and live abroad?
Staying In Your Own Home
More and more seniors are choosing to remain at home. There are services available to help you too.
Why stay in your own home? Remaining at home, for seniors has lots of great reasons...
If you intend to remain at home, and many of us do -- check out some senior home security to stay safe.
But we need to be real here... can you really stay in your own home?
Do you need help, financially, to remain in your home? Consider a Reverse Mortgage for Seniors, which might be the key to staying at home.
Downsizing in Retirement
Some seniors also downsize to live in smaller living quarters with less upkeep. There are many reasons for retirement downsizing - into a smaller home, condo, apartment, whatever works for their budget and lifestyle.
It all starts with Decluttering before you can downsize -- you really can't take it all with you, as you downsize or in death.
Nowadays, you might consider furniture with storage space.
Low-Income Senior Housing
Consider Low-Income Senior Housing as another option... worked quite well for my father.
Senior Citizen Apartments
Living in Senior
Apartments - my dad lived in a low income senior apartment... and we loved
it. Read about our experiences here.
Retirement Locations...
Retirement
Locations to consider!
Where Do YOU Live?
Please contribute your two cents to this topic:
(house, condo, apartment, low income)
Tell us about your retirement lifestyle and where you live to help other retirees figure out which direction to move in! Thanks!
What Other Visitors Have Said
Click below to see contributions from other visitors to this page...
Housing
Down sizing went a different direction for us when we moved to a restricted age community some 10 years ago after having lived in the house we built and …
Downsizing
We have decided to sell the house my husband inherited, and we live in currently. We plan to move to an independent senior center about 5 miles away. …
Top of the Morning to You
No, I'm not Irish.. that turned out to be Scottish.. mixed with German and Baltic... what a mutt! Lol.
I don't have much of a problem.. my wife …
Mobile Home Living
Is anyone out there having problems or Complaints about living in Mobile Home Park or not knowing what to do with the complaints?
Housing Costs Skyrocket
I would like to ask for advice. I'm 70, single, male, family is all dead, and I'm renting an apartment. My apartment building was just sold to a new owner, …
55+ Community or an All Age Development?
My husband and I live in a 55+ Community not far from where we used to live. We enjoy some parts of living in such a community, but there are some drawbacks. …
Looking for a living situation
I am 25 years divorced and have rented rooms in residential homes since ( I have done contract work here in The U.S. and overseas so I have never settled …
Retired in Las Vegas
Moving from Upstate NY to Las Vegas has allowed us to retire to not only better weather but also a much lower cost of living.
In our retirement community …
House renovations at 62?
I'm 62, retired, on ssi and an annuity, my 70 yr old husband has had dementia for about 2 years and emphysema for about 7 years, is on ssi, and pension. …
Retiring and Living in A small town
The day I retired from my job we sold our house that we had lived in for over 21 years. We had been planning this move for a long time and thought we had …
ROOTS
It started out on February 1st, 1947 on the west side of a large metropolitan city. You might say that these were my roots.
I go back occasionally …
Home Sweet Home: Time to move on
Well, as many know who have been reading this web site, and more specifically, some of my ramblings, I am approaching, in one month a full year of doing …
Equity Release from Home, or Not?
Hi
My name is Dee and I only joined the site a few minutes ago. I was looking for advice on Equity release from my home.
I retired from the NHS …
Stayed In Our Home (For Now)
My wife and I are young retirees. She is 61 and I am 62. We are fortunate to have been able to pay off our mortgage so it's inexpensive to live here.
…
Low Income Retirement Community.. Mine's not good.
I live at a seniors building for people who are 60 or older! The building is very old almost 40 years now, still has that ugly peacock blue paint at …
Are you taxed on were you lived or were you retire to?
I believe the question was already answered but if I worked in California and am retiring in Colorado. I pay Colorado taxes on my retirement not California, …
Renting vs Buying in Retirement
I know that the general rule is NOT to have a mortgage in retirement, but what if I could purchase a condo in NC with a 15 yr mortgage that would result …
Lack of Senior Housing
Our town has very little senior housing and most of it is rental so it's difficult for seniors to buy a home.
It was sheer luck that we found this …
Renting vs owning
Is it wiser to rent than to purchase in retirement? Even if the mortgage would be the same amount as rent. Can I even get a home loan at 65yrs old?
…
retirement as income for section 8 housing
I live in Section 8 housing for 2 yrs+. My retirement has been sitting drawing interest until I am old enough to draw out without penalty. I'm 58yrs old. …
Retirement community: Pensacola Florida
My husband had a massive stroke at 59. He has made some recovery and is now 62. He has aphasia, which keeps him from being able to communicate very well... …
Retired: live in a small Iowa town and love it.
My husband and I sold our business and home in Texas and ended up trying to owner finance which did not work out for us. After coming away with only $100,000 …
Retirement Disability
in Lyndhurst, NJ: HELP!
I am telling this story for my sister. She is 61 years old, will be 62 in August. She is on disability, she receives $720. a month. She has COPD. She …
Retirement Living in Chicago: Living in my Home
I retired part time, when I was 75, I could not bear the thought of retiring completely. I still work thirty hours, so I don't know for sure if I qualify. …
Need Senior Housing in: Yukon Oklahoma
I am trying so hard to find my 84 year old mother a senior apartment living that is affordable but i am having the hardest time... everything has such …
Retired in Tennessee
I retired at home. I live in middle Tennessee which I still think is beautiful and engaging in all four glorious seasons.
I live just outside Nashville, …
Retirement At Home is a Blessing
. My current home is where I retired for so many reasons and all of them were a blessing to me.
I am a social worker and even having a home after spending …
Retirement and My Home in MD
When I retired, I remained at my current house, located in Maryland. I have no plans to move.
While many of my friends have moved down south with hopes …
Low Income Senior Apartment,
not so great...
Okay, so I found what I thought would be a great little place for quite a while.
Actually the apartment is cute at first viewing, one bedroom, living …
Social Security Disability -
Michigan Subsidized housing options with poor credit
I am 61, live in Michigan, and I am collecting Social Security Disability for COPD/Emphysema/Chronic Bronchitis.
I have been trying to find subsidized …
Retirement with a Mortgage
I retired 14 years ago at age 62. I would have not even have considered retirement unless my house was paid for.
What is this mortgage thing that …
Living in our 3 bed ranch
and Staying part-time in Camper
We were supposed to sell our house and travel in our camper. That has not worked out as the housing market took a dive.
We stay in the camper at …
Where to Live:
Angola, Indiana and
winter in Shelby Twp Michigan
I can't decide where I want to be at... I do know I need low income to survive.
Wendy's reply: This is always a big decision, Bonnie, with …
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