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For many seniors housing operators, occupancy is back to where it was before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. In addition, aggressive rent increases have resulted in elevated revenues. However, as a result of high inflation, an extremely tight labor market and supply constraints increasing costs, profit margins have not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels. “As an appraiser I’ve been getting all kinds of questions about what’s happening with margins and when they’ll return,” said JP LoMonaco of Valuation & Information Group. “Over the past two-and-a-half years, trying to calculate a cap …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. seniors housing residents average more than a dozen chronic conditions, creating significant challenges for residents and driving healthcare costs, according to an analysis by NORC at the University of Chicago (NORC), funded by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). The analysis indicates a significant opportunity for operators to integrate healthcare with housing to add more value for residents. This high prevalence of chronic conditions costs seniors housing residents $3,000 to $4,000 in out-of-pocket costs per year. It also drives annual healthcare spending …

ATLANTA — After a quarter characterized by rising costs of living and mounting inflation, “recession” is the word on everybody’s lips. But Roger Tutterow, professor of economics at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, states that “it is not a foregone conclusion that we’re in a recession today or that we’ll get there in the next several months.” The official definition of a recession is not two consecutive quarters of negative growth in gross domestic product (GDP). “Most of the time it works out that way,” Tutterow said, “but the technical …

CHICAGO — By 2033, more than 11 million middle-income seniors age 75 and older may not be able to pay for assisted living and are also unlikely to qualify for Medicaid to pay for their long-term care needs. In an update to its “Forgotten Middle” study, researchers from NORC at the University of Chicago find that the middle-income cohort of seniors will grow by 7.5 million (89 percent) from 2018 to 2033. The study also found that seniors are becoming more racially and ethnically diverse, with people of color making …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA), in partnership with Seniors Housing Business, has released the 2022 edition of the ASHA 50, which ranks the 50 largest owners and operators in the U.S. seniors housing space. Based in Washington, D.C., ASHA is a trade association that advocates for and represents companies that develop, own, operate and finance seniors housing. The ASHA 50 rankings are based on self-reported portfolio sizes, ranked by total number of units, as of June 1, 2022. Data was also used from other reliable sources, …