MetLife, Enterprise Recognize Roseland Place as Innovative Senior Housing Model
Mercy Housing Lakefront and Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) are among four senior housing organizations being recognized by MetLife Foundation and Enterprise Community Partners for their innovative approaches to affordable accommodations and care for the elderly. The 2013 MetLife Foundation Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing was awarded to Mercy Housing and NHS for its work at Roseland Place Senior in Chicago, a newly-constructed 60-unit independent living community that’s part of an affordable continuum of care campus. As winners, each organization will receive $50,000 in unrestricted grant funds to further their affordable housing efforts and “innovation in green, health care, and service-enriched housing for low-income seniors.”