Hebrew SeniorLife Receives State Funding for Affordable Senior Housing in Roslindale
New development will create 78 deeply affordable rental homes for older adults, including apartments for those experiencing homelessness
Hebrew SeniorLife has received funding to support the development of 78 homes for older adults in Roslindale. The funding is part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ $278 million announcement of state and federal financing and tax credits for housing developments, with homes to be built in 20 communities across Massachusetts.
The new community would be located at 1198 Centre Street, on Hebrew SeniorLife’s existing flagship campus. It will create 78 deeply affordable rental homes for older adults, including apartments set aside for those experiencing homelessness. Located adjacent to the Arnold Arboretum, the six-story building would include extensive on-site services, including wellness programming, care coordination, and supportive housing, designed to help older adults live independently. It would expand access to affordable senior housing in a neighborhood with a limited number of income-restricted units.
The proposed community would include Hebrew SeniorLife’s award-winning Health Allies program (formerly Right Care, Right Place, Right Time), which integrates healthy aging teams into affordable senior housing. The teams include an on-site nurse and a resident service coordinator who build meaningful, trusting relationships with residents to address physical, mental, and social health issues. Data show that participants in the program experience fewer health emergencies, are less likely to spend extended periods in the hospital, and report improved quality of life and independence.
“For more than 60 years, Hebrew SeniorLife has called Roslindale home, and this award will allow us to build 78 affordable, service-enriched apartments where older adults can age with dignity in the city they know and love. We are grateful to Governor Healey, Lieutenant Governor Driscoll, and the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities for this investment, and to the City of Boston for its partnership and support. Together, we are meeting the urgent need for affordable senior housing,” said Hebrew SeniorLife President and CEO Adam B. Scott.
“We’re on a mission to build more homes and lower housing costs in every part of Massachusetts, and today we’re hitting the road to show that work in action,” said Governor Maura Healey. “These awards will create more than 2,500 new homes in 20 communities across the state, and it’s made possible by the Affordable Homes Act that I proposed and signed. This is about making sure that Massachusetts is a state where teachers, nurses, firefighters, and young people can actually afford to live.” Hebrew SeniorLife also previously received funding from the City of Boston for the Roslindale community.
About Hebrew SeniorLife
Hebrew SeniorLife is a national leader working to create a world where aging is defined by possibility, not limitation. We care for more than 4,500 older adults each day across seven campuses throughout Greater Boston, and offer support for families in the aging journey. Our services include in-home care, outpatient therapies, an outpatient memory clinic, short- and long-term inpatient care, hospice, independent and assisted living, and affordable housing with services. We conduct influential research on aging at our Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, which has a grant portfolio of $87 million, and train future health care workers at the Lunder CareForce Institute. Hebrew SeniorLife is a Harvard Medical School affiliate. Follow us on our blog, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
