By 2030, older New Yorkers will account for an estimated 20 percent of New York City’s population; yet the capacity to accommodate them in appropriate housing is severely limited.

Many elderly New Yorkers want the City Council to pass Mayor Bill de Blasio’s controversial rezoning plan as is because they “don’t have time” to wait for a long bureaucratic process to play out amid a housing crisis for seniors.

A new initiative aims to help senior citizens struggling to pay for housing.

City leaders say many Queens seniors eligible for rent freezes aren’t using them.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is putting up more than $2 million in funding to help local houses of worship to develop affordable housing on underutilized church properties across the Borough of Churches.

As life expectancy reaches an all-time high, we as a city are aging. More than 1.4 million New Yorkers are 60 years of age or older. By 2030 that number is estimated to swell to more than 1.8 million, or 20% of city residents, raising demand for affordable housing and health and social services. We get a look at how the nonprofit Selfhelp is answering that call, providing care and services to thousands of aging New Yorkers.

Young professionals aren’t the only ones needing new housing in New York. The city, like many other metros, is seeing strong demand in the 55-plus market, which is gearing up for growth in the coming years as the baby boomer generation looks to downsize in favor of low-maintenance properties and, in many cases, aging-related care.