Ex-long term skilled nursing home set to become apartments for elderly homeless

LOS ANGELES: A once-vacant skilled nursing home will soon become affordable housing for homeless and socioeconomically disadvantaged residents.

A new Housing Partnership is spearheading the initiative. The skilled nursing home will be converted into a 40-unit apartment Read More »

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First steps taken to convert closed prison to re-entry hub

NEW YORK: A group tasked with providing services to the formerly incarcerated, is to use an ex-prison to achieve its objectives.

The program coordinator plans to use the facility to provide a myriad of services to ex-convicts including Read More »

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Micro apartments need unique interior design to win boomer market

DALLAS: The boomer market wants apartments with a point of difference.

“They don’t want to just walk down a generic corridor that leads to their front door,” said the architectural editor of Seniors Housing. Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The sixteenth entry for the seniors housing Global Award for 2015 has been received.

The Brooklyn Public Library in New York is proposing a mix of 132 market-rate affordable apartments above a rebuilt library. Read More »

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