Anyone else affected by the Low Income Senior Housing Crisis?

Someone said a mobile home park .... I have thought about that .... there are 2 around here .... one is crime-ridden, and the other which is really nice is too expensive for me. I would love one of those though. I've also wondered about renting one of those "tiny houses" but they're not usually for rent ... you have to buy one. I checked into one and the woman said "it's only $19,000" .... BUT that's just for them to deliver the wood! Then it has to be built and all the furnishings inside purchased.
I'm beginning to understand why some older people say, "I feel like we've been forgotten."
Barb

I live in a nice senior 55 and older mobile home park . When I put one here 21 years ago the rent was 120.00 a month now it is 425.00 I really can’t afford to live here anymore because I had to retire from my work wasn’t able to do it anymore I really can’t think of any where else would be any cheaper. My problem is that I’m also still making house payments alone with the rent so . I live in Texas

Why not double up with a senior roommate? Rent a house, split costs?

Horrible to make two payments at the sme time. Can't you sell the house. The place that I retired from was too expensive to reamin there.

Well two payments add up to less than what an apartment would cost these days so it’s better I stay here I just wish my house was paid off though that would make it so much easier

I might have to move in with my daughter because she and husband live in Arlington Tx and are looking to retire in Arkansas in smaller town and the housing is cheaper they want to get out of the noisy city and traffic buy anyway my daughter said I would have to go with them but guess I’ll see if that happens or not

After it is paid off, will you move back into your house?

I have not looked in Arkansas, have a lot of medicagreat l problems so I need a great hospital and a lot of specialists. Do you need to have great medical care too? The heat, UV index and pollution in the summer is awful in Plano. I went to get lab tests at 3p.m. and could harldy breathe when I returned.

I am in the same situation still tryi g to fiqure it ut age 77 Northern Mn

It's all about tradeoffs when choosing a place to live.
Good weather all year often means hotter weather in summer. Arkansas is less polluted than the Dallas Metroplex but certainly has heat & humidity in summer - and quite a lot of rain, sub-freezing days and chance of ice in winter.
Housing costs are certainly lower than Plano, but medical care would almost certainly be less accessible, and ranks lower in most rating systems.
It is wonderful that you like to do research, so you can study all the features that are important to you. For example, taxes are fairly low in both states, but Texas has a far better road system, more update infrastructure like water, sewer, etc... And access for your family via airlines is more difficult in Arkansas than Texas...

We have decided that as long as we are able, we will divide out time between Texas (for the winter weather, area history & activities and our large group of friends) and Minnesota (for proximity to family, access to medical care and better services for aging people) This matches the pattern chosen by 3 generations of my family - with a fourth looking to follow us when they retire.
Do you or your husband have ties to any area you might like to revisit?
Sue

Sue