Mayor Johnson Signs Executive Order to Protect the Rights of Adults 60 Years and Older – Chicago Sun-Times – Wirepoints

Mayor Johnson signs executive order to protect the rights of adults 60 years and older – Chicago Sun-Times – Wirepoints

The executive order establishes a Mayor’s Office on Aging (MOA) and creates a working group to explore how to re-establish a Department of Aging in city government. That agency merged in 2009 with the Department of Family and Support Services. Johnson said he would include money for a new director of the Office on Aging in next week’s budget proposal.

Mayor Johnson signs executive order to protect the rights of adults 60 years and older

<p>Chicago now has a Senior Bill of Rights for its elderly residents that enshrines their right to safe housing and access to city services.</p><p>Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Friday in front of a packed room of about a hundred seniors on the South Side. The order spells out the rights that the city’s more than half a million seniors have regarding housing, healthcare and other services.</p><p>“Too often, our senior residents …

Chicago Senior Bill of Rights: Johnson Signs Executive Order

Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an order creating a Senior Bill of Rights and Mayor's Office on Aging for Chicagoans 60 and older.