Volunteers of America Southeast to Build Low-Income Senior Adult Housing Complex
Nov 30th, 2004
Volunteers of America Southeast Awarded Over $1.4 Million to Build Low-Income Senior Adult Housing ComplexMobile, Ala., Nov. 30 - Volunteers of America Southeast has been awarded $1,446,400 to be used in the construction of an apartment complex for low-income elderly persons in Selma, Alabama. The facility will include 19 one-bedroom units as well as one two-bedroom unit for a residential manager.
The site for the complex, located in an established district of Selma, is close to several shopping and amenity areas for easy accessibility for residents. A hospital and medical facility are also in close proximity providing for convenient health care services.
Construction on the apartment complex is anticipated to begin in the summer of 2005 and should take approximately 18 months to complete. The apartment complex will be managed and operated by Volunteers of America Southeast under our affordable housing program.
"We are continuing our efforts to provide affordable, quality homes to our citizens. We are delighted to have received this funding to further those efforts and look forward to working with Volunteers of America Southeast in the development of this critically needed housing. I would like to take this opportunity to appeal to the Selma community to mobilize and support these efforts," stated Selma Mayor James Perkins.
Volunteers of America Southeast currently operates ten quality affordable housing communities for elderly citizens in Brewton, Eight Mile, Enterprise and Opp, Alabama; in Jackson and Vicksburg, Mississippi; and in Sandersville and Americus, Georgia. With one more in construction in Waycross, Georgia. Housing is also provided in Mobile and Foley, Alabama, and in Thomaston and Milledgeville, Georgia, for low-income elderly and disabled residents to link residents with community services that assist residents in maintaining independence in various housing sites.
"Without this grant the apartment complex would not be possible. Providing affordable housing for senior adults is a part of our mission of reaching and uplifting by enabling people to live their lives to the fullest and as independently as possible," stated Wallace Davis, President and CEO of Volunteers of America Southeast.
For more information concerning the apartment complex or residency, contact the project manager Sherry Atchison, Volunteers of America Southeast at 251-666-4431 or email sheria@voase.org.
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Volunteers of America is a national, nonprofit, faith-based organization providing local human service programs, and opportunities for individual and community involvement. It was founded in 1896 by Ballington and Maud Booth, who devoted their lives to helping those in need.
In 1980, Volunteers of America Southeast began with the establishment of three group homes serving 17 people for the developmentally disabled. Today the affiliate has grown to be the third largest affiliate in the national Volunteers of America family, serving over 1,000 daily in 27 communities in Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia.
We offer a variety of services including special programs for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and people with developmental disabilities and chronic mental illness. Other programs include housing for people who are physically disabled, housing for families in transition and a special program for low to moderate income families providing first time home ownership. "There are no limits to caring."