By: Amanda Wilson The Internal Revenue Service provided individual taxpayers a nice St. Patrick’s Day surprise by announcing that the tax deadline for individuals had automatically been extended from April 15, 2021 to May 17, …
Senior Living—A Place for Mom
By Shawn Rader: Senior Living – A Place for Mom, published a guide for people looking for assisted living facilities. It occurred to me that it might make sense for an ALF to review …
COVID Impacts Senior Housing Construction
| John Ruffier | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is not limited to making it harder to sell a senior living community due to nervous buyers and lenders (although we are seeing a thaw). …
CDC Guidelines for Assisted Living Facilities
By Shawn Rader The CDC has composed guidelines for ALFs to follow during the pandemic to best protect the lives of residents, who by age and preexisting conditions, are most susceptible to the Covid virus. The …
Are Urban Markets Losing Their Appeal for Seniors’ Housing in the Age of COVID?
By John Ruffier: Senior Housing News recently published a fascinating article looking at whether fears of increased risks of exposure to COVID-19 in densely-populated urban areas could change the market dynamics that have been favoring …
Senior Living Communities Now Being Rated On Inclusiveness
By John Ruffier: A joint effort between SAGE (www.sageusa.org) and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (www.HRC.org) is resulting in the creation of the “Long-Term Care Equality Index (LEI)”, which will measure how well senior living …
Have an Open Like-Kind Exchange? Don’t Fall Into This Trap
By: Amanda Wilson A common tax planning tool for real estate transactions is to engage in a like-kind exchange of real estate. If structured properly, a taxpayer can sell real property (the relinquished property) and …
Gift Giving During the Holiday Season
By: Hallie Fisher. Gift-giving is an important part of the holiday season. Our society places a huge importance on gift-giving, and we all understand that gifts are a great way to show gratitude, friendship, and …
NIC Notes
By John Ruffier, Chair of the Lowndes Senior Housing Practice Group In case you are not one of the over 3,000 people attending the 2019 NIC Fall Conference in Chicago, we thought we’d share a …
Senior Housing and the LGBT Senior Community
By: Shawn Rader. The Real Deal reported a Thirty Million Dollar affordable housing project in Long Island aimed at the LGBT Senior community. It is open to all and is being funded by State and …
