Housing
Workgroup
We invite you to join us in our effort to make Louisville a place where people of all ages and abilities can lead lives that thrive from stroller to walker. Click on the below workgroups to learn about our projects and how you can get involved!
Housing Workgroup Meetings
Meeting Times
1st Wednesday of every month
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
First Meeting 2024 : Wednesday, 7th February, 2024
Meeting Location
The Edison Center
Louisville Metro Resilience and Community Services
701 W Ormsby Ave #201, Louisville, KY 40203
Vision: Louisville will have accessible and affordable housing with adequate maintenance resources to encourage aging-in-place.
Meet Our Team of Co-Facilitators
Tanya Sallee is a volunteer in the AARP Louisville
community. She has volunteered for AARP for over seven years, volunteered for Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) for nearly three years, and volunteered for the American Red Cross Disaster program. Tanya worked at the American Red Cross for sixteen years and has worked in the Information Technology field for over thirty years, currently working as a full-time System Administrator with an IT consulting company.
Tanya has served as the the facilitator for the Age-Friendly Louisville Housing domain since 2018. She feels it is very important to have a home that is safe to live in, affordable, and comfortable to age in place. She is dedicated to seeing how she can continue to help make Aging in Place possible for residents of the Louisville communities.
Tanya Sallee
Kiara James
Kiara created a nonprofit that assists individuals with spinal cord injuries be able to return home to avoid the alternative of going into a nursing home. In this capacity she has been able to connect clients with others in the community to improve social interaction.
Age-Friendly Louisville combines various things that Kiara is passionate about; those things being the built environment of Louisville, opportunities for social interaction, and tackling solutions that allow people to age in place safely.
Got PASSION for LEADERSHIP?
Become a Workgroup Facilitator!
Email us at agefriendlylouisville@gmail.com to learn how you can become a leader with Age-Friendly Louisville