wfn.org | NBA awarded seven HUD grants for senior housing

["Wilma Shuffitt"<wshuffit@oc.disciples.org>]

Date: December 2, 1998
Disciples News Service
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Contact: Curt Miller
Email: CMiller@oc.disciples.org
on the Web: http://www.disciples.org

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	St. Louis (DNS) -- The National Benevolent Association of the 
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has been awarded seven federal 
Housing and Urban Development grants, totaling more than $15.3 
million to construct housing for older adults (age 62 and over) who 
have low incomes. The seven projects selected were among 10 submitted 
-- an unprecedented acceptance rate.

	Kevin McKinney, NBA's associate vice president for affordable 
housing, said that the three applications not approved this year will 
be reviewed and will probably be resubmitted in 1999.

	The awards were granted for the following:
 	* Colorado Springs, Colo. (not named yet) - 51 apartments - $3.5 
million capital advance
 	* Idaho Falls, Idaho (NBA-Mountain Falls II) - 22 apartments - $1.2 
million
 	* Marion, Ind. (NBA-Emily Flinn House) - 23 apartments - $1.4 
million
 	* Spencer, Okla. (NBA-Roscoe Dunjee II) - 26 apartments - $1.4 
million
 	* Memphis, Tenn. (not named yet) - 50 apartments - $2.9 million  
	* Houston, Texas (NBA- El Redentor II) - 33 apartments - $1.9 
million
 	* Longview, Texas (NBA-Page Place) - 51 apartments - $2.8 million 

	The seven facilities will probably begin construction in late 1999, 
and will open approximately 10-12 months later, in the fall of 2000.

	The NBA also received approximately $3.2 million in rent subsidy for 
the seven facilities for five years. 

	NBA already has 39 apartment facilities for low-income older adults, 
including three that opened this year in Indianapolis; Idaho Falls, 
Idaho; and San Angelo, Texas.  Two more are under construction in 
Wilson, N.C. and Glendale, Ariz.; and four facilities will break 
ground soon in Greensboro, N.C; Orlando; St. Louis; and Washington, 
N.C. Two more existing HUD-funded properties are under development in 
Missouri.  

	The National Benevolent Association, with its corporate headquarters 
in St. Louis, serves more than 32,000 people annually through 71 
facilities and programs in 21 states. Its residential and 
community-based programs serve older adults; children, youth and 
families; and differently abled individuals.  The NonProfit Times 
ranks NBA as 39th largest in its listing of top 100 charities, based 
on annual income. Contemporary Long Term Care magazine ranks NBA as 
the 7th largest provider of housing for older adults, and the 48th 
largest provider of nursing home care (based on total number of beds) 
in the United States.

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