Senior Living Occupancy Surge & Supply/Demand Pressures

Senior housing occupancy has exceeded 90% nationally while construction starts have declined 67% and projected needs could exceed 1 million additional units by 2035. New affordable, adaptive-reuse and alternative-care projects—from Shreveport and Ohio to Iowa and Florida—show developers testing new delivery and licensing models, while labor, reimbursement, liability, insurance and resident-protection pressures intensify.