In Boston they are converting an old school over to a senior housing… but that is not all. It is housing for us!
You know maybe that is tell us something if there is such a demand where you have a waiting list… maybe you can use more LGBTQ+ senior housing.
Guess what is opening?Former school repurposed for New England’s first LBGTQ affordable senior housing community
McKnight Senior Living
By Kathleen Steele Gaivin
June 13, 2022The former William Barton Rogers Middle School in Hyde Park, MA, which has sat idle for years, soon will see new life as Boston’s — and all of New England’s — first affordable housing community specifically for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) older adults.
LGBTQ Senior Housing Executive Director Gretchen Van Ness told Boston radio station WBUR that approximately 65,000 LGBTQ older adults are known to be living in Massachusetts.
“They’re much, much less likely than other older adults to have family, community, church support,” she said. “So having a place to go that’s affordable and welcoming, where they can live their authentic lives, is critical for their safety and health and well-being.”
LGBTQ Senior Housing is behind the 74-unit project, for which a groundbreaking is scheduled for Friday. The first residents are expected to move into The Pryde of Hyde Park, a spin on combining “pride” and “Hyde Park,” in fall 2023.
CBS News reported, “The tenants were selected through a lottery to fill the 74 units. The building used to be William Barton Rogers Middle School before it was converted.”A first-of-its-kind housing community is opening in Hyde Park.
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The Pryde includes studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments available to households earning less than 30% to less than 100% of the Area Median Income (AMI). Several apartments will be set aside for the formerly homeless and 60% of the units will give preference to current Boston residents at the initial lease-up.
Residents will also be able to enjoy programming including resident lounges, a sunroom, large event, and gallery spaces, classrooms for continued learning, a fitness center, on-site laundry, an outdoor courtyard, and more.
You know maybe that is tell us something if there is such a demand where you have a waiting list… maybe you can use more LGBTQ+ senior housing.
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I have an intern debate… are they ghettoizing us?
Stick us all in one place so we don’t have to worry about discrimination and bigotry just like they did in Warsaw ghetto during WWII. While in an integrated facility they have to worry about complains about being mistreated by other residents.
What do you think?
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