Integrating the AARP Livability Index: Great Neighborhoods for All Ages tool into the Realtors Property Resource website and mobile appmakes it easier for REALTORS to help clientsconsider a variety of needs, including aging, when searching for a home.
Through this collaboration between AARP and the National Association of REALTORS (NAR), REALTORS can help perspective homebuyers and renters see valuable information about a communitys ability to meet the needs of residents of all ages in many aspects of community life including transportation, health care and civic engagement.
TheAARP Livability Indexis a robust, publicly available tool that takes national data and breaks it down by neighborhood to rate key factors of what makes a place livable.The Index measures community elements within seven categories housing, neighborhood, transportation, environment, health, engagement, and opportunity characteristics evaluating current conditions and policies and programs that change over time.
By scoring each category the Index provides users with a complex picture of how supportive a community is and will be as a person ages.
In this work, AARP aims to educate NAR members, their clients and the communities they serve about the important features and services that help people remain in their homes and communities as they age.
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