Santa Barbara AHEPA Chapter 243

Seniors Line Up Overnight for Affordable Housing
A group of approximately 100 elderly people camp out overnight in southwest Houston to pick up applications for affordable senior housing.The applicants will compete for 66 available units.The housing complex will be named Penelope's Place, which is set to open in October 2008. Penelope's Place, a Section 202 senior housing project built by the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association and Daughters of Penelope, Inc., will be located on the 8100 block of Creekbend in southwest Houston.The AHEPA already has four housing complexes located on Rustling Leaves near the intersection of Bissonnet Road and State Highway 6. The last complex built was completed in 2006.There is currently a list of 600 people waiting for Section 202 housing in the Houston area. The flow of evacuees from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita into the area has compounded the need for affordable senior housing.The AHEPA-built complexes are funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.