The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement (HCCI) and the Jonathan Rose Companies celebrated the ground breaking earlier this month on Erbograph Apartments, the first senior housing development in Harlem designed to achieve LEED® Silver certification. The 8-story, 65-unit senior housing building located in Harlem is scheduled to [...]

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U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and Senator Jack Reed recently announced that over 100 apartments in Warwick, Rhode Island will become greener and more energy efficient as a result of $1.4 million in Recovery Act funding being awarded to Shalom Apartments, a senior housing development. Retrofits will produce major system upgrades [...]

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The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IDHA) and Gundaker Commercial Group celebrated the opening of Wingate Manor, a state-funded affordable housing development for low-income seniors in Shiloh, Illinois.  Wingate Manor, a 48-unit project, is part of a two-phase, master-planned senior community spanning 172 acres and was named Green Affordable Multifamily Project of the Year by the [...]

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Representatives from the Canadian and Ontario governments announced funding in May for more than $1.7 million for 23 new affordable housing rental units for low-income seniors and persons with disabilities.  The project for affordable senior apartments received more than $1.7 million and the federal and provincial funding is complemented by more than $361,000 in municipal [...]

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What does one of the hottest technology companies in the world have to do with affordable senior housing?  According to an article in Novogradac’s Journal of Tax Credits entitled “Google’s Investment in Affordable Housing Gets Results”, Google Inc.’s first low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) investment will benefit over 200 of California’s seniors looking for affordable [...]

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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) recently introduced legislation aimed at increasing the use of the low-income housing tax credit that hopes to reinvigorate the development of low-income housing.  The Job Creation and Affordable Housing Act, co-sponsored by Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), would jump-start private investment in the Low Income Housing Tax [...]

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The McGregor Foundation announced recently that it has distributed $520,902 to a wide range of organizations during its semi-annual grantmaking cycle.  The foundation granted $45,000 to the City of Cleveland towards implementation of Economic Security Centers, a competitive matching-grant program sponsored by the National Council on Aging. The Centers will provide financial counseling to 500 [...]

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Elderly Communal Housing at Dallas (ECHAD), managed by The Legacy Senior Communities, Inc. since 1981, has been awarded  positive marks by the Southwest Housing Compliance Corporation. Following a recent visit to the campus, the Southwest Housing Compliance Corporation, administrator for the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Texas, awarded the apartment community superior scores [...]

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The government of Canada and Ontario recently announced the funding of approximately $4.8 million for 40 new affordable housing rental units for seniors and persons with disabilities.  These 40 affordable rental units are part of an 80-unit project with approximately $4.8 million in federal and provincial funding is complemented by $10.1 million in municipal financial [...]

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Foster Pointe Senior Homes, a 61-unit three story affordable senior development located in the Brooklyn Centre neighborhood on Cleveland’s west side, announced that it will be ready for occupancy mid-summer 2010.  Brooklyn Centre is a walkable neighborhood with a number of parks including the renowned Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and the Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath [...]

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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty last week announced the District selected a development team led by Urban Matters, Mission First, Mt. Lebanon CDC and the Washington Interfaith Network (WIN) to redevelop the former MM Washington Career High School. The Urban Matters/WIN proposal calls for redeveloping the 80 to 90 units of affordable senior rental housing and [...]

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Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) Executive Director Gloria L. Materre, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Alderman Ray Suarez, Department of Family and Support Services Commissioner Mary Ellen Caron, Department of Community Development First Deputy Commissioner Ellen Sahli and members of the Senior Lifestyle Corporation recently celebrated the grand opening of a new development featuring 85 new [...]

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