OLDER ADULT HOUSING
Affordable Homes for Older Adults
Recognizing a growing need in Northern Manhattan, AND began a decades-long commitment to building affordable homes for older adults in 1997. That year, we opened our first senior housing project,
Mt. Pleasant Apartments, at 421 East 116th Street.
With the help of Section 202 Capital Grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, AND built 63 apartments reserved for residents aged 62 and above, with incomes lower than 50% of the area median income. In 2003, we opened two more buildings – Lucille C. Clark Apartments at 246 West 112th Street, and Casita Park Apartments at 100 East 111th Street, bringing the number of AND homes reserved for older adults to 216.
AND recognizes that the need for older adult housing will only grow. The percentage of the U.S. population over 65 is projected to double by 2050 – a change that will require both the construction of new housing and retrofitting existing buildings for an aging population. AND is doing both.
We are working on a new project that will provide 150 new apartments for older adult residents, on which we hope to break ground in 2019. In the meantime, we will soon begin renovations of the common areas and outdoor spaces at our existing senior buildings.
We are also launching a needs assessment to learn more about what kinds of physical space improvements, services, and programming would improve our older residents’ lives.
With the help of Section 202 Capital Grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, AND built 63 apartments reserved for residents aged 62 and above, with incomes lower than 50% of the area median income. In 2003, we opened two more buildings – Lucille C. Clark Apartments at 246 West 112th Street, and Casita Park Apartments at 100 East 111th Street, bringing the number of AND homes reserved for older adults to 216.
AND recognizes that the need for older adult housing will only grow. The percentage of the U.S. population over 65 is projected to double by 2050 – a change that will require both the construction of new housing and retrofitting existing buildings for an aging population. AND is doing both.
We are working on a new project that will provide 150 new apartments for older adult residents, on which we hope to break ground in 2019. In the meantime, we will soon begin renovations of the common areas and outdoor spaces at our existing senior buildings.
We are also launching a needs assessment to learn more about what kinds of physical space improvements, services, and programming would improve our older residents’ lives.