Whittier : First Seniors Move Into $6.6-Million Penn Manor
The first residents moved into a new housing project for low-income seniors in Whittier this week. Seniors ages 62 or older rent the apartments at William Penn Manor for no more than a third of their monthly income.
The 35-unit building cost $6.6 million. The city contributed $600,000 from its federal housing funds. The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development paid for the rest.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. April 11, 1991 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Thursday April 11, 1991 Home Edition Long Beach Part J Page 3 Column 1 Zones Desk 2 inches; 50 words Type of Material: Correction
Housing complex--The William Penn Manor, a recently opened apartment complex for low-income senior citizens in Whittier, has 75 units and was financed partially with city redevelopment funds set aside by law for affordable-housing programs. A story in the March 28 edition of The Times listed an incorrect number of units and incorrect source of funding.
A local Quaker church spearheaded the project in 1985. But obtaining final HUD approval delayed construction until November, 1989, said Henry Gray, the city’s community development analyst.
Backers formed a nonprofit corporation to run Penn Manor, which is located on Friends Avenue south of Philadelphia Street. The building is already fully leased, Gray said.
Penn Manor is Whittier’s second HUD-financed apartment building for low-income seniors. The Lutheran Towers, with 135 units, opened in the mid-1970s, Gray said.
