# Presentation: 695037

## HOMESTEAD APARTMENTS

**HOMESTEAD APARTMENTS**

**Homestead Apartments**
**421 East 8****th**** Street**
**Homestead, PA  15120**

_**Partners**_**:**
** ****Allegheny County Housing Authority (ACHA) **
** ****TREK Development Group**
** ****Community LIFE**
** ****University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Braddock**
**   ****Senior Service Program**

**- 240 Units -**

## BACKGROUND

**HOMESTEAD APARTMENTS**

**ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA**

** ****Homestead Apartments was only affordable housing in neighborhood**
** ****Needed to improve services to elderly**
** ****Plan was to create Assisted Living Facility**
** ****Pennsylvania does not allow for Medicaid Waivers at this time**
** ****Received HOPE VI grant of $2.5 million in 1998**

## DESIGN / STAFFING

*** Some units are accessible and all are visitable;**
**  ****To date, one tower has been completed.**

_**Amenities**_**:**
** ****Communal space and laundry facilities **(All floors)
** ****Libraries and Community Rooms **(All towers)
** ****Wellness Center**
** ****14,000 Square Foot Community LIFE Center**

_**Services**_**:**
**Kitchen and dining area, personal hygiene and laundry room and a beauty salon/barber shop**

| 240 Units |  |
| --- | --- |
| 1  BR | 196 |
| 2  BR | 44 |

**HOMESTEAD APARTMENTS**

**ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA**

## PROCESS

** ****Originally, only one of the four towers would be converted to an ALF**
** ****Improvements were to be made to all units in that tower**
** ****Residents strongly supported the redevelopment**
** ****TREK Development Group was selected to be the developer**
** ****ACHA and TREK partnered to form Homestead Housing Development Partnership, LLC**

**HOMESTEAD APARTMENTS**

**ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA**

## PROCESS (Continued)

** ****ALF could not be developed because Pennsylvania does not have an appropriate Medicaid waiver**
** ****The 350 units will be renovated, resulting in 240 rehabbed units**
** ****Only three of four towers are using HOPE VI funds**
** ****ACHA/TREK contracted with Community LIFE Center to provide enhanced supportive services to the elderly**

**HOMESTEAD APARTMENTS**

**ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA**

## PROCESS (Continued)

**- Four towers will be renovated**
**  ****(Three using HOPE VI)**

| USES |  |
| --- | --- |
| Construction Cost | 75% |
| Soft Costs | 22% |
| CSS | 2% |
| Relocation | 1% |

| FUNDING SOURCES |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tax Credit Equity | $13,504,906  | 67% |
| Hope VI | $2,550,000 | 13% |
| Comprehensive Grant | $2,242,249 | 11% |
| PHFA Penn Homes | $806,139 | 4% |
| Other Sources | $700,000 | 3% |
| Federal Home Loan Bank | $375,000 | 2% |
| Total: | $20,178,294 |  |

**HOMESTEAD APARTMENTS**

**ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA**

**$112,102**
** ****per unit**

## MANAGEMENT / MARKETING

**MANAGEMENT / MARKETING**

** ****ACHA manages Homestead Apartments**
** ****Staff of two and a half**
** ****Enhanced services are provided by outside service providers**
** ****The units are being re-occupied by original residents**
** ****No marketing campaign is necessary**

**HOMESTEAD APARTMENTS**

**ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA**

## CHALLENGES/FAILURES/LESSONS LEARNED

** ****Many residents choose not to access services**
** ****Residents are reluctant to switch primary care physician**
** ****Some residents see services as leading to nursing home**
** ****Need to include enrollment requirements in lease**
** ****Another challenge is providing services to immigrants**

**HOMESTEAD APARTMENTS**

**ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA**

## ACCOMPLISHMENTS/SUCCESSES/HIGHLIGHTS

** ****Major success is in provision of supportive services**
** ****Two quality service providers are under contract**
** ****Community LIFE provides acute and long-term care services in a day care setting for frail elders**
** ****Pennsylvania pays Community LIFE for PACE services under Medicaid**
** ****Participants must meet criteria for services**
** ****The Community LIFE Center uses a “one stop shop” model**

**HOMESTEAD APARTMENTS**

**ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA**

## ACCOMPLISHMENTS/SUCCESSES/HIGHLIGHTS

** ****University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Braddock Senior Service Program Nurses provides enhanced services for the elderly **
** ****At full capacity, up to 150 will be able to be enrolled**
** ****Social workers are on site two days a week and plan activities**
** ****Nurses are available for routine monitoring**
** ****UPMC will staff the Wellness Center**
** ****UPMC receives approximately 300-500 resident visits**

**HOMESTEAD APARTMENTS**

**ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA**

## SUMMATION

** ****Comprehensive, affordable services are available outside of ALF**
** ****Importance of partnering with elderly, established service providers**
** ****Funding includes HOPE VI, capital funds, CDBG and Pennsylvania Housing Finance**

**HOMESTEAD APARTMENTS**

**ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA**