Older adults who earn too much to qualify for government-subsidized housing, yet too little to afford market-rate options, belong to a growing population known as the “forgotten middle.” 

In the second episode of Century Lives: The Homestretch, from the Stanford Center on Longevity, Ken Stern travels to Minnesota to explore the quiet housing crisis affecting middle-class retirees and the innovative solutions that are emerging. Will enough affordable housing be developed? Or will millions of older Americans have to figure out creative solutions for themselves?

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