New York’s First LGBT-Friendly Affordable Elder Housing,

Opens In Fort Greene.

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), BFC Partners, SAGE, the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC), and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) recently celebrated the opening of Stonewall House, New York State’s first LGBT-friendly affordable elder housing, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. It is the largest such development in the nation and is a fitting tribute to LGBT pioneers during this year – the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.

Although New York’s housing affordability crisis impacts households of all backgrounds and demographics, older LGBT people are statistically more likely to face housing discrimination and harassment. They are also less likely to have children or other family members to help provide for their needs as they age, exacerbating the crisis for the population.

Stonewall House, the first project to be completed under the NextGen NYCHA initiative, is a 17-story building at 112 St. Edwards St. in Fort Greene. It provides 145 units of affordable housing for households who earn 50 percent or less of the area median income and include at least one person who is 62-years-of-age or older. The building has 54 studio and 91 one-bedroom apartments, and 25 percent of these homes will be occupied by formerly homeless households.

SAGE, the world’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT elder people, will operate the SAGE Center Brooklyn at Stonewall House, a 7,000 square-foot state community center located on the ground floor. The new center will open in early 2020.

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