Senior affordable housing comes to Rockaway

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City officials and developer Arker Companies broke ground on Beach Channel Senior Apartments, a 154 affordable homes for low-income seniors in Far Rockaway last week. The seven-story, mixed-use development is slated to be complete in 2017.

“Two years from this very day, the lives of 150 senior citizens will change and it will change for the better,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said, minutes before putting a ceremonial shovel in the ground.

The project is part of the de Blasio administration’s commitment to 10,000 units of affordable senior housing over the next 10 years. The plan – known as the Senior Affordable Rental Apartments Program – is a result of a $350 million investment to serve seniors of little to no income. In this case, the units are reserved for seniors that make less than $36,300 annually, including 46 formerly homeless seniors.

“Our seniors helped build our neighborhoods through thick and thin and we are fighting to make sure they can stay in the communities they love,” de Blasio said. “Beach Channel is the first of many projects we’re undertaking to build and protect affordable homes for our seniors and make sure this remains a city for everyone.”

Read the full story in the Leader-Observer.

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