AIM Demands Affordable Housing for Seniors
Today seniors (age 60 and over) comprise 15 percent of the population of Montgomery County. County planners project that by 2020, less than eight years from now, seniors will comprise 24 percent of county residents. Yet according to the Action in Montgomery (AIM) organization, many seniors are being forced out of the county because they are unable to find affordable housing. In addition, one of every six seniors in Montgomery County today lives in poverty.At a March 20 meeting at Kehilat Shalom synagogue in Montgomery Village, over 250 — mostly senior — AIM members packed the temple’s multipurpose room to share these concerns with County Executive Ike Leggett, County Council President Roger Berliner (District 1) and Council member Hans Riemer (At-Large).