Finding affordable Senior Apartments

officerripley said:
Or will you drop to the bottom of the list?
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From what I understand (and this is talking with others who have been on lists before) that if your name comes up and you aren't ready to take advantage it stays on the list but......goes to bottom. One thing to consider is in the 1.5 years was living in the apartments 10 units became available due to 2 deaths, 1 veteran placed in hospice, 2 evicted (drinking and smoking in unit), 4 didn't like living there and 1 moved to be closer to family.

In fact, seeing the original post made me put on my "to do" list is research the county I live in to see if any new developments are in the works for me to follow. Never know what I'll need in 2-3 years.
 

officerripley said:
That reminds me of something I've keep forgetting to ask someone such as you who has experience with those lists: If you finally rise to the top of the list, a place for you comes up, but you aren't in need of it yet, will they go to the next person on the list but leave you at the top? Or will you drop to the bottom of the list?
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They ask you if you want to remain on the list but more then likely you'll start all over again ..plus some of those housing authority apartments will want you to reapply at a yrs end from when you originally put your application in Some from year to year is what I'm saying..hope it helps
 

jujube said:
I'll see ads for "affordable" senior apartments and have to question "affordable for whom????"

If you can actually "afford" them, you usually have "too much income" to qualify. What?

Any program like Section 8 has waiting lists that are years long or closed to new applicants.

In the Fiction and Fantasy section at the library: "Affordable Housing for the Elderly"
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So true
 
Maybe this will shed some light on "afforable" and "income". These figures are from the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LITHC) apartments in my area for July 2022 (2 bedroom/1 person):

Income Range % Rated Monthly Payment
40,200 - 53,600 80 995
33,500 - 40,200 60 975
20,100 - 33,500 50 810
- 20,100 30 450

A one bedroom apartment was about 100 less in monthly payment and I think the minimum income was 13,000 to apply.

Patsy
 
Marci to piggyback off what @hearlady wrote, I know for sure that public housing senior apartments in my area and even in Atlantic City (further south) offer senior apartments for 30% of one's income. Don't you have Housing Authority (public housing) agency in your area? One thing about the ones around here though, is that the waiting list is very long. My mother lived in public housing for the last couple of decades of her life. She only got about $600 in Social Security and her rent was about $210 a month. That included all utilities.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
Don't you have Housing Authority (public housing) agency in your area?
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If she's in a rural area, she might not. That's one of the drawbacks of being too far out in the country. And even if she does have such an agency, as you pointed out, the waiting lists are almost always so long.

The rural mountain county where a lot of my in-laws live does have a county housing authority with just one office at the county seat so if you need to contact it but don't live in that exact town and don't drive you're out of luck (no taxis or uber of lyft there). Plus, I just looked at the website for that housing authority and it was rated 1 star out of 5; one review said, "{This Housing Authority} doesn't care about the people they serve, people are just a number to them, one employee told me that 'they can't let the insane run the asylum', referring to the tenants..."

Sad; our county's housing authority is rated 4.3 out of 5. So a lot depends on where you live. (You know, whenever I'm chatting online with younger gals, I tell them whenever I get a chance to not strand themselves in an area that's too rural, that they'll regret it when they get old.)
 
Imo, because I’m only going on hearsay, lower income people are suffering the most with the housing shortage here. Well paid folks may have a hard time finding accommodation and have to pay handsomely for it. The street people are provided places to stay and if they don’t want it, they can go to the shelters for food and clothing and medical care. The province has bought lots of older hotels to put them up in. The average person who doesn’t have a well-paying job is the one who suffers. There are no decent places or the rents are so high, they have little money left for the basics. The working poor.
 
Not to discourage anyone the waiting lists are anywhere from 3 to 8 years depending on where you live, it's a sad state of times a lot of seniors need homes not enough housing that's why there is a silver tsunami unfortunately there's some seniors that are homeless that's the reality never hurts to put your name on the list though at least you're somewhere on the list just expect to be waiting a while..also some seniors are living in their cars check out YouTube some choose to live in cars some can't get into apartments..
 
officerripley said:
If she's in a rural area, she might not. That's one of the drawbacks of being too far out in the country. And even if she does have such an agency, as you pointed out, the waiting lists are almost always so long.

The rural mountain county where a lot of my in-laws live does have a county housing authority with just one office at the county seat so if you need to contact it but don't live in that exact town and don't drive you're out of luck (no taxis or uber of lyft there). Plus, I just looked at the website for that housing authority and it was rated 1 star out of 5; one review said, "{This Housing Authority} doesn't care about the people they serve, people are just a number to them, one employee told me that 'they can't let the insane run the asylum', referring to the tenants..."

Sad; our county's housing authority is rated 4.3 out of 5. So a lot depends on where you live. (You know, whenever I'm chatting online with younger gals, I tell them whenever I get a chance to not strand themselves in an area that's too rural, that they'll regret it when they get old.)
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I'm glad I'm a city girl. Rural living would not be for me.
 
Remy said:
This is so scary. I know there are several income based senior apartments in my town. I'm not sure the process to get on the list.

But I'm tired of hearing that people are cared about when they are not.
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look up housing authority in your town
 
Jules said:
Imo, because I’m only going on hearsay, lower income people are suffering the most with the housing shortage here. Well paid folks may have a hard time finding accommodation and have to pay handsomely for it. The street people are provided places to stay and if they don’t want it, they can go to the shelters for food and clothing and medical care. The province has bought lots of older hotels to put them up in. The average person who doesn’t have a well-paying job is the one who suffers. There are no decent places or the rents are so high, they have little money left for the basics. The working poor.
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I agree. It's getting really bad and scary.
 
If you are in extreme need, you can be put on the top of the list. Might depend on your state. I lived in the country and I applied directly to the building I am presently living in and I was approved within 3 weeks. The manager put me on top of the list because of my living conditions.

There might be a waiting list but these apartments sit here empty for months before anyone moves in.
 
MarciKS said:
I would like to find affordable senior apartments where there are other seniors to possibly be around. But I have noticed that most of them cost more than I make in a paycheck to rent. Does anyone here live in an affordable senior apartment? If so, how did you go about finding it?
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I live in Amarillo, TX and they do have affordable apartments for seniors, however, sign up for one and then wait until someone dies or goes into hospice, etc. I am on a waiting list at two places. They will go according to my income.
 
Waiting for someone to die to get their apartment. So ghoulish. Maybe these apartments are haunted. :eek:
 
MarciKS said:
I would like to find affordable senior apartments where there are other seniors to possibly be around. But I have noticed that most of them cost more than I make in a paycheck to rent. Does anyone here live in an affordable senior apartment? If so, how did you go about finding it?
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You can do online searches forever and bet that others have done the same so will be only latest in line wherever you go.

I have a different suggestion. Have you ever thought of Universities or colleges' housing offices? There you might find low rent in the form of sharing living quarters with others. And, you will be surrounded with young folks who may be fun and interesting to be with. It's always best to "think outside the box", rather than follow the herd. Good luck. (y)
 
The Mayor of Orlando, Buddy Dyer, was just re-elected (by a large margin) for a new and last term. This morning he announced, on the local news, that his goals were concentrating on homelessness as well as affordable housing. I was happy to hear that. I hope he will be successful in his task because a lot of people are suffering.
 
Rossana said:
The Mayor of Orlando, Buddy Dyer, was just re-elected (by a large margin) for a new and last term. This morning he announced, on the local news, that his goals were concentrating on homelessness as well as affordable housing. I was happy to hear that. I hope he will be successful in his task because a lot of people are suffering.
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Sadly the governor of my state (California) says he's for the people but I don't believe so. I don't believe any of them anymore. And I lean to his party. I want to see action instead of rent increases.
 
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