Past Events

Past FSA Meetings

February 26, 2020: State issues - We discussed State Legislature actions affecting seniors’ income taxes, estate taxes, and medical costs - plus a brief update on senior-related Federal tax changes impacting 2019 and 2020. There is some good news! See Gordon's Presentation here

February 27, 2020: Senior-friendly housing - On this evening we reviewed the community's needs for - and FSA’s work toward - senior-friendly housing solutions. This wasan interactive session, building on our January sessions and FSA research. See our slides here (Best viewed on a computer)

April 13, 2019: An Information Sharing Session: Keeping Seniors in Town as They Age was held at the Bigelow Center for Senior Activities on April 13.

See the links below for selected PDFs of our presentations

Comments by Emmeline Harrigan, Fairfield's Assistant Planning Director
Comments by Gordon MacKenzie on Senior Taxation Issues
...and here's Gordon's Handouts on Senior Tax Relief and the Medicare Savings Plan
Comments by Jan Reber on FSA's 2019 Housing Goals
Comments by John Wynne on Town Issues Impacting Seniors

Select 2021 FSA Zoom Recordings of Interest

Click here for a recording of our 6/15 Zoom on "FSA Talks Affordable Housing" with guest presenter Carol Martin, Executive Director of the Westport and Fairfield Housing Authorities and agent for the Fairfield Housing Corporation. Be sure to use the entire passcode as written: !Iuh53aU

Here are two helpful resources that Carol mentioned:
1. Click here for the Regional Planning Association's "Housing Needs Assessment" (in the left-hand margin, scroll to see a drop down box, then select a town for data review),
2. Click here for the Fairfield County Housing Alliance website.

Click here for the slides for our 4/27 Zoom on Fairfield's Red Hot Housing Market - Implications for Seniors, featuring Realtor and Fairfield Affordable Housing Committee Member Helene Zimmer.

Click HERE for a recording of our 4/13/2021 Zoom session on key proposed zoning regulations bills with Representative Cristin McCarthy Vahey and Senator Tony Hwang, and use passcode: 1.M0a6yn

Click HERE for a recording of our 4/6/2021 Zoom session on affordable housing with Mark Barnhart, and use passcode: @?v9?+IV