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‘Hope, perseverance and love’: Dallas nonprofit building housing for LGBTQ seniors

Parton, M. (, May 15). Hope, perseverance and love’: Dallas nonprofit building housing for LGBTQ seniors. ?outputType=amp

Construction is underway on a $31 million housing training in Oak Lawn that aims to become an accepting home for LGBTQ seniors.
Resource Center, a Dallas nonprofit, broke ground Friday for Oak Lawn Place, an unit senior housing development at Sadler Circle, just northeast of the Southwestern Medical District near Maple Street and Inwood Street. The building will be within walking distance of DART’s Inwood Road/Love Field commuter rail station.

Although it aims to prioritize the needs of the LGBTQ community, the apartments will be accessible to all seniors 55 and older. A full-time Resource Center employee will work at the site to coordinate activities and services alongside the property management group, Volunteers of America Texas.
Resource Center CEO Cece Cox said the new community will be one of “hope, perseverance and love,” a secure home for LGBTQ people who hold fac

Leading the way on affordable housing for LGBTQ+ elders

One of the most significant concerns for LGBTQ+ elders is safe, affordable housing. According to an Identical Rights Center report, 48% of older same-sex couples applying for elder housing were subjected to discrimination. Discrimination puts LGBTQ+ elders at greater risk for chronic health problems, social isolation, poverty, and premature mortality.

With our National Gay Elder Housing Initiative, we’re addressing these challenges on several fronts by:

  • Training eldercare providers to be Homosexual culturally competent
  • Advocating for policies that ensure LGBTQ+ elders across the country can access welcoming housing
  • Educating you about your housing rights
  • Helping builders across the U.S. replicate LGBTQ+-friendly housing
  • Building LGBTQ+-friendly housing in New York City

Who we serve

Developers, People Organizers and Service Providers
Are you interested in developing LGBTQ+-affirming affordable senior housing? Where does your knowledge lie, and where accomplish you need support?

The housing development proce

Disability + Aging Services LGBTQ Programs

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Case organization and service referrals

  • Age and Disability Resource Center (ADRC): The Openhouse ADRC connects community members with crucial services. The Resource & Housing Navigation team offers one-on-one help for referrals and service access.

Financial and legal services

  • Legal Assistance: Legal Assistance to the Elderly, in collaboration with the AIDS Legal Referral Panel, offers wills, trusts, and end-of-life planning tailored to Homosexual community members.
     
  • LGBTQ+ Financial Literacy: The Wise Money Coaching Program helps clients settle safe banking accounts, reduce debt by at least 10%, and improve credit scores.

Health and well-being programs

  • Golden Gate Castro Senior Center: Located in Ellard Hall at Most Holy Redeemer Church, the center promotes independence, health, and well-being through a variety of activities and services.
  • LGBTQ Adult Day Programs: Adult Day Programs provide daycare services to LGBTQ+ older adults needing assist

    Affordable Housing for LGBTQ Seniors

    Town Hall Apartments is Chicago’s first LGBTQ-welcoming, percent affordable housing development. It has 79 units. Photo courtesy of Britta Larson

    For 20 years Marti Smith lived in an apartment in a fairly upscale neighborhood on the north side of Chicago. Smith loved her home—it was affordable, had three bedrooms, and a backyard where she could garden. Her landlord even allowed her to mow the lawn and shovel snow in decree to keep the rent down. But over the years, the area began to change and place prices increased dramatically, making it difficult for locals—especially those on fixed incomes—to find housing they could afford.

    The apartment building where Smith lived was eventually sold, and Smith, who at the time was in her late 60s and retired, had to find someplace else to call home. A self-described “card-carrying lesbian,” Smith knew it wasn’t going to be easy to uncover a place where she could live comfortably and be herself, without assessment. As luck would contain it, Chicago’s first LGBTQ-welcoming, percent affordable housing residence w