ties can be taken into account and so that outside groups 
can learn of the Council’s activities and plans. 
SEC. 5. FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 
(a) RELEVANT ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out its ob-
jectives, the Council shall— 
(1) review all Federal programs and services 
that assist seniors in finding, affording, and rehabili-
tating housing, including those that assist seniors in 
accessing health care, transportation, supportive 
services, and assistance with daily activities, where 
or close to where seniors live; 
(2) monitor, evaluate, and recommend improve-
ments in existing programs and services adminis-
tered, funded, or financed by Federal, State, and 
local agencies to assist seniors in meeting their hous-
ing and service needs and make any recommenda-
tions about how agencies can better work to house 
and serve seniors; and 
(3) recommend ways— 
(A) to reduce duplication among programs 
and services by Federal agencies that assist 
seniors in meeting their housing and service 
needs; 
(B) to ensure collaboration among and 
within agencies in the provision and availability 
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of programs and services so that seniors are 
able to easily access needed programs and serv-
ices; 
(C) to work with States to better provide 
housing and services to seniors by— 
(i) holding individual meetings with 
State representatives; 
(ii) providing ongoing technical assist-
ance to States in better meeting the needs 
of seniors; and 
(iii) working with States to designate 
State liaisons to the Council; 
(D) to identify best practices for programs 
and services that assist seniors in meeting their 
housing and service needs, including model— 
(i) programs linking housing and serv-
ices; 
(ii) financing products offered by gov-
ernment, quasi-government, and private 
sector entities; 
(iii) land use, zoning, and regulatory 
practices; and 
(iv) innovations in technology applica-
tions that give seniors access to informa-
tion on available services; 
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(E) to collect and disseminate information 
about seniors and the programs and services 
available to them to ensure that seniors can ac-
cess comprehensive information; 
(F) to hold biannual meetings with stake-
holders and other interested parties (or to hold 
open Council meetings) to receive input and 
ideas about how to best meet the housing and 
service needs of seniors; 
(G) to maintain an updated website of 
policies, meetings, best practices, programs, 
services, and any other helpful information to 
keep people informed of the Council’s activities; 
and 
(H) to work with the Federal Interagency 
Forum on Aging Statistics, the Census Bureau, 
and member agencies to collect and maintain 
data relating to the housing and service needs 
of seniors so that all data can be accessed in 
one place and to identify and address unmet 
data needs. 
(b) REPORTS.— 
(1) BY MEMBERS.—Each year, the head of each 
agency that is a member of the Council shall prepare 
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