Affordable housing in California continues to be a hot topic, especially when it comes to senior housing for low income seniors. A 75 unit apartment complex called the Sahara Senior Villas is nearing completion in Hemet, California. This project will be the area’s first affordable, low-income housing for seniors in the area with rents ranging […]
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The former Discovery Water Park in Barstow, Arizona is about to get a major make over when it turns from a water park with slides and wave pools into a 1,400 unit gated community for seniors over 50. Some of the kiddie slides and the lazy river will be kept for resident’s use. Plans are […]
As Seniors get older, one of the most prevalent social groups that are important as part of a community is the church and religious affiliations that are part of senior’s lives. A white paper was recently released that describes how many churches are doing to prepare for the wave of seniors that are retiring and […]
The Fountain City, Indiana Lions Club broke ground last week on their $1.1 million dollar low-income, senior housing project. The club worked for 3 years to secure the property, financing and permits to build the 12 units project. Units are available to seniors over 62 years of age and that earn 40-60% of the area’s […]
The Ivey, a $5 million dollar adult day care center, is the newest trend in adult day care – upscale. Located in Charlotte, the Ivey touts themselves as the “newest and most luxurious option for day time-only socialization and care for older adults.” Luxurious is the word to describe it – the exterior is reminiscent of […]
AF Evans, the Mayor’s Office on Housing in San Francisco, and Openhouse announced plans to build a new affordable, senior housing project at the former UC Extension site at Laguna. Openhouse is a non-profit community-based organization founded ten years ago to provide housing, services and community programs for the city’s large and growing LGBT senior population. Based upon […]
A new senior housing facility with 67 units opened this month in Springfield, Illinois and the project received support from the state of Illinois with almost $8 million dollars in state loans and tax credits. The facility was constructed by non-profit developer Abundant Faith Christian Center. Sixty of the units are reserved for low income […]
Recently, the city commissioners of Twin Lake, Florida cleared the way for a large senior housing project that has been in the works for over a decade. The project calls for 22 duplex villas with two car garages, a centralized apartment building containing 63 independent living units and a centralized community center with a central […]
I recently read an article that discussed a zoning commission’s rejection of a local developer’s proposal for a regulation change that would have created the way for a large housing development project but was turned down on the basis of age restriction. While municipalities in general have provided incentives for age restricted developments in the forms of […]
Thank goodness there are people with foresight on planning for their town’s growing senior citizen population and Buena, New Jersey is a terrific example. The state’s growing senior citizen demographic is good news as far as borough development policy is concerned. Almost six years ago, the borough put out a welcome mat for builders eyeing […]
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