Sarah Hollander

AARP will advocate for property tax relief for older residents during the state’s 2025 legislative session. Among the options it wants lawmakers to consider: allowing Hoosiers to defer payments or to pay in smaller installments, versus large lump-sum payments.

AARP Indiana and the Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority have teamed up on a grant program geared toward improving the quality of life for Hoosiers 50 and older. The program has helped fund new pickleball courts, public park renovations and a paddle sports launch site.

AARP Indiana is working to help address a statewide shortage of affordable housing, including helping fund and build a Habitat for Humanity home in Evansville. Other steps include advocating for zoning adjustments and initiatives aimed at diversifying Indiana’s housing stock.

The state legislature begins its session next month, and AARP Indiana plans to advocate for more support to help Indiana residents live independently.

Cost of living and long-term care needs are top of mind for Indiana voters 50 and older as the Nov. 8 election nears.

AARP Indiana is working to improve its broadband access into more rural areas of the state.

The state's increasingly popular Structured Family Caregiving (SFC) program pays live-in caregivers a daily stipend, allowing people to live at home longer, instead of going to a long-term care facility. Started as pilot project in 2013, it helps more than 4,000 families and, along with similar services, saves the state roughly $2,000 per person, per month, compared with institutional care.