These are the four ingredients that work to create quality housing for low income senior citizens. The fixed incomes of many elderly mean that housing must be low cost. Options in housing are as important to the elderly as they are to younger people.
Some elders wish to live in retirement communities with other seniors.
Others want to remain in neighborhoods where they have lived for many years. Photo MCA One outstanding example of a retirement living community is the Silver Lake Housing Development in Houston. Silver Lake is a 44 unit community of housing for senior citizens. Residents pay one-third of their incomes for rent and utilities. Seniors at the Silver Lake Housing Development.