Donald Gates, 77, left, site manager and resident, shares a laugh with Larry Haynes, Mercy House executive director, as they talk at The Cove Apartments in Newport Beach on Friday, March 23. The Cove Apartments provides permanent affordable and supportive housing for homeless veterans and low-income seniors age 62 and older earning 30-60 percent of the area median income. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
The words “Home of the FREE because of the BRAVE” are inscribed into a stairway at The Cove Apartments in Newport Beach. The Cove Apartments provides permanent affordable and supportive housing for homeless veterans and low-income seniors age 62 and older earning 30-60 percent of the area median income. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
The courtyard at The Cove Apartments in Newport Beach. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
Navy veteran Glen Lipton, 67, left, talks to Kyle Paine, Community Development Partners president, center, and Larry Haynes, Mercy House executive director, right, in his unit at The Cove Apartments in Newport Beach on Friday, March 23. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)