Supportive Housing: Grandfamily Housing

Helping Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

This $11.9 million, 51-unit project is the first residence designed to meet the housing Grandparent Family Apartmentsand service needs of seniors raising children in New York City (Bronx). GrandParent Family Apartments has a unique partnership with the NYC Housing Authority, and is the recipient of NYC LISC's Big Apple Award for Innovation. After-school youth programs are available on-site as well as expansive community space.

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Sponsors:
West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing and
Presbyterian Senior Services

More Information

Generations United (GU) is the national membership organization focused solely on improving the lives of children, youth, and older people through intergenerational strategies, programs, and public policies. Visit the GU website.

For more information about how to prevent and end homelessness in America, please visit the National Coalition for the Homeless website at www.nationalhomeless.org.

Featured Project: Seneca SRO

Seneca SRO

The $15 million Seneca SRO project is a stellar example of collaboration and creative financing that addresses a dire housing shortage in Buffalo, N.Y. Developed by two organizations with stellar track records in providing supportive housing for persons living with psychiatric disabilities and other special needs populations, the Seneca SRO is a new 75-unit construction project built upon the former site of an asbestos-ridden bowling center, and it is one of the first projects to leverage tax credits and private debt with OMH funding designated for a CR-SRO.  Sponsor DePaul Group, provides support services that focus on assisting residents in developing individual support plans.

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