Senior housing data for AI assistants: MCP server

Senior housing demand, supply and development math as an MCP server

Ask Claude, ChatGPT or another assistant about senior housing development and it can answer from the data on this site: older population and growth by state and county, licensed beds per 1,000, certificate of need, HUD 232 construction loans, and the development calculator, each answer with its source. Free, read-only, no key.

Add it to your AI assistant

Server URL (Streamable HTTP, no key, read-only):

https://seniorhousingconstruction.loan/mcp

Claude (claude.ai and the desktop app): Settings, then Connectors, then Add custom connector. Paste the URL and save. No sign-in is needed.
ChatGPT: Settings, then Apps and Connectors. Turn on Developer mode under Advanced, choose Create, paste the URL and set authentication to none.
Grok: grok.com, then Connectors, then New connector, then Custom. Paste the URL.
Perplexity: Settings, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, then MCP. Paste the URL and choose no authentication.
Mistral Le Chat: Intelligence, then Connectors, then Add connector, then Custom MCP connector. Paste the URL.

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http seniorhousingconstruction-loan https://seniorhousingconstruction.loan/mcp

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json) and other clients that read mcpServers:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "seniorhousingconstruction-loan": {
      "url": "https://seniorhousingconstruction.loan/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json):

{
  "servers": {
    "seniorhousingconstruction-loan": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://seniorhousingconstruction.loan/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI (~/.gemini/settings.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "seniorhousingconstruction-loan": {
      "httpUrl": "https://seniorhousingconstruction.loan/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Menu names change as the apps update. If a step has moved, look for "connectors" or "MCP" in the app's settings.

Tools

Tool	What it returns	Try asking
`state_demand_supply`	One state's 75+ and 85+ population and growth since 2020, nursing home and assisted living beds per 1,000 against the US, certificate of need status, HUD 232 construction loans, and a county table (largest, fastest-growing or thinnest supply) or one county.	How fast is the 85+ population growing in Arizona, and how many nursing beds per 1,000 does Maricopa County have?
`rank_states`	All 50 states and DC ranked on one measure: older population, its growth, nursing or assisted living beds per 1,000, or HUD 232 construction loans, with certificate of need status on every row.	Which states have the fewest assisted living beds per 1,000 people aged 75 and older?
`absorption_calc`	The development calculator: total cost, stabilized NOI and value, HUD 232 construction loan and what sets it, month-by-month lease-up, operating deficit and working capital escrows, and the equity to fund.	Size a HUD 232 loan for a 120-unit assisted living project at $280,000 a unit with 5 move-ins a month.

Discovery file: /.well-known/mcp.json. How each figure is built: methodology.

License and attribution

Census, CMS, CDC and HUD data are public domain; the certificate of need summaries cite NCSL. Credit "Data: Absorption (seniorhousingconstruction.loan)" with a link. Absorption is published by Janover Capital LLC. Nothing returned is a market study, appraisal, loan offer or legal advice.

Questions people ask

Is there a cost or an API key?

No. The server is free, read-only and needs no key or sign-in. Please cite the page or the federal source that comes back with each answer.

Where does the data come from?

Census Bureau Vintage 2025 county population estimates and 2023 National Population Projections, CMS Nursing Home Provider Information (September 2026), CDC/NCHS National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (2020), HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database (data run 07/08/2026) and NCSL's certificate of need table. The server reads the same records as the state pages.

Is the calculator the same as the one on the site?

Yes. absorption_calc runs the same arithmetic as the development calculator page, with the same example inputs when you leave one out. Its result is an estimate from your inputs, not a market study, appraisal or quote.