Ideally, services are tailored to the individual's needs including recreational and social activities, special diets, housekeeping, laundry and transportation. Such housing may be subsidized or private pay. Public housing are federally-supported housing units operated by local public housing authorities. Families or individuals pay 30 percent of their incomes in rent. Units may or may not be specifically designated elderly apartments.
Subsidized housing includes a group of housing programs for low-income people.
In many, residents pay 30 percent of their adjusted income for rent. Others charge the same rent for all units of the same size, but rents are lower than that in comparable private housing. Units may or may not be designated as elderly apartments. They are provided to eligible individuals through the local public housing authority and HUD pays a portion of the rent based on the tenant's income. Vouchers are available to adults of all ages.