Groundbreaking Held for Flemington Senior Housing
FLEMINGTON – “A building with people, that’s what it’s all about,” so spoke SEDA-COG’s Mike Fisher at Tuesday’s groundbreaking ceremony for Susquehannock Heights, an elderly housing complex to be built in Flemington. Fisher, a key player in the project development, said the 32-unit senior housing complex will provide “affordable housing” for area elderly.
The project has a 10-month construction period and will be located with an address of 813 Linden St., Lock Haven but will be constructed across the municipal line in Flemington.
Fisher said construction should begin no later than mid-September and a year from now, “The first residents should be moving in.”
Speakers extolled the collaborative effort to bring the project to fruition.
The complex will be built using over $800,000 in low-income housing tax credits and over $395,000 in PennHOMES funding.
The Clinton County commissioners are contributing $182,859 in Community Development Block Grant funds and $17,141 in local Act 137 funds. The Clinton County Housing Authority is contributing over $120,000, plus a $530,000 rental subsidy fund. Jersey Shore State Bank and Woodlands Bank have tentatively committed over $7.5 million. The project developer is the SEDA-COG Housing Development Corporation. Fisher is the assistant executive director of SEDA-COG.
The new units will feature community, craft, and exercise rooms, a library, central laundry, computer café, and outside sitting areas. The monthly rent will be $550 for a one-bedroom apartment and $660 for a two-bedroom apartment for senior citizens ages 62 and older. This includes all utilities except telephone, TV, and internet service.
For applicants not able to afford the rent, the Clinton County Housing Authority will set aside $530,000 to create an internal rent subsidy fund used exclusively for Susquehannock Heights residents.
