http://www.democraticunderground.com/11831784This gem of a thread got overlooked, until now:
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 07:16 PM
Star Member TexasBushwhacker (4,971 posts)
So I'm checking out income restricted senior housing
I'm only 58, but most of the senior apartment complexes accept 55+ and the nice ones have waiting lists. So even though I'm not really looking to move from the apartment I'm in, I figure getting on some waiting lists would be a good idea.
Except
I called one place to find out their income guidelines and I would just barely hit the upper limit. Sweet! But to get on the waiting list I have to pay $100. Considering this is a tax subsidized property geared to seniors, I found this odd. Has anyone experienced this?
"Sorry, Mr. Smith. Your 85 year old mother can't move in, because we just gave your apartment to a 58 year old primitive."
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 07:27 PM
Star Member hollysmom (4,628 posts)
1. don't know, but at 70, guess I should start.
There is a limited income apartment house over the park. Turns out my neighbor is on the board and she said I would not fit in. so I guess she would not vote for me. I need something not so income limited, but stll reasonable. some of the ones Ilike aroudn here start at 3/4 of a million, a bit out of my range,ha ha
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 07:40 PM
Star Member TexasBushwhacker (4,971 posts)
2. My aunt and uncle moved into an assisted living place
when they were about 70. Neither of them needed day to day assistance at the time but things like keeping up the house and yard were getting to be too much. The place is all inclusive. They have a tiny kitchen in their apartment, but most if the time they eat in the cafeteria, which is really more like a restaurant. Once they got settled in and started making some friends they wondered why they hadn't moved earlier. I'm sure it's not cheap, but they were retired public school principals so it can't be all that expensive.
It's interesting that your neighbor said you wouldn't fit in. Was this a neighbor you liked? LOL
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 07:47 PM
Star Member hollysmom (4,628 posts)
3. I live in a republican town, my political signs are always missing the next day.
I think I am a nice person, but the horrid creatures that moved next door (not the same neighbor ) hate me and call me an old biddy. they have total disrespect on my land,and constantly try and build on it. they had their contractor store stuff on my property because I used to be at work all day (I won't go into the stolen garbage cans and the crap they threw on my lawn when remodeling. ) that time I didn't care how tired I was, I hauled all the roofing tiles out front and put a sign out saying free roof tiles - it was on my property, I had a right to do it. Never heard from them. but they were gone by morning. Asking did not help, I had to involve the police when more stuff appeared on my lawn. But everyone else in the neighborhood seems to like me. the woman in the back, we never see each other much, I just asked not to be invited to her republican fund raisers any more.
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 08:53 PM
kacekwl (485 posts)
4. Yes
I was told had to pay 100.00 to be put on the waiting list. ( Illinois ) Did not pay at this time. Would love to move into cheaper housing since my wife can no longer work but there is no way to come up with 1st and last mo. rent .... security deposit .... truck rental etc. let alone 100.00 wait list. The poor stay poor right.
No, the stupid and the lazy stay poor.
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 09:59 PM
Star Member TexasBushwhacker (4,971 posts)
5. I admit I am lucky
I don't know why, but the whole first + last + deposit has just never caught on in Texas. Most of the time it's first month's rent plus a security deposit of up to 1 month's rent if you have bad credit, broken leases or evictions. The deposit on my apartment was $150, but they made me pay $300 because I had only been at my job 4 months. Most of the income restricted senior properties have reasonable deposits. I think they have to keep deposits low to get he tax breaks that enable them to charge reduced rents. Plus, seniors are generally good twnants who stick around.
Give it time, and enough primitives will ruin that.
Sat Aug 15, 2015, 06:20 PM
Star Member TexasBushwhacker (4,971 posts)
8. Well, the good news is
The good news is that I just barely qualify for the subsidized housing. The better news is that I only have to qualify once, so if my income goes up they won't kick me out or double my rent.
The bad news is that there are 2 complexes that are close to where I work 3 days a week. 1 has good reviews but very strange floor plans with no dining room. They have the floorplan showing barstools at a kitchen counter. What were they thinking? How many elderly people want to sit on a barstool?
The other complex has floor plans that will work for me, but, for the most part, they have terrible reviews. Oy!
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 05:49 AM
ellenrr (3,258 posts)
18. another thing to ask is about what "entertainment"
Where my friend live they have a book discussion club.
another place I heard about the residents put on plays.
where I am has nothing like this.
Where I am also has a lot of people who are here not for age, not for physical disability, but bec. the half-way houses were closed and those residents came here.
so there are a lot of people who stare off into nothingness, are drugged, are zombified. Not all of them but some.
I am not against emotionally impaired people having housing - good housing - but it saddens me to see spaced-out people.
What kind of "entertainment" is this dusty old primitive looking for?? Wait, don't answer that.
