San Diego, Calif. – November 14, 2022 – Mayor Todd Gloria joined Price Philanthropies, Chelsea Investment Corporation, Serving Seniors, civic leaders, and community members for the grand opening of Harris Family Senior Residence and Mid-City Family Apartments bringing this beautiful new development to life means a much-improved quality of life for almost 200 San Diego low-income families and seniors through permanent housing with crucial services to help residents achieve healthier lives,” said Jim Schmid, founder, and CEO of Chelsea Investment Corporation.
“Older adult homelessness is almost always due to economic causes, including the high cost of housing,” said Paul Downey, CEO of Serving Seniors. “It is our obligation to find ways to provide practical housing options like the Harris Family Senior Residence and encourage communities to work with us to solve older adult homelessness.”
The senior building is being named in honor of the Harris family, whose contributions to Serving Seniors began with the late Howard and Iris Harris. The Harris family, including Jerry Harris, brother Richard Harris, and their three siblings, grew up in City Heights, attending Crawford High School. Family members regularly volunteer and serve meals at the Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center, including niece Cori Harris, who would accompany her grandparents as a young girl.
Financing for the Harris Family Senior Residence and Mid-City Family Apartments was provided by the San Diego Housing Commission, Citi Community Capital, US Bank, County of San Diego Department of Housing and Community Development, California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, and the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee. The land was donated, and additional funding support was provided by Price Philanthropies.
“Access to stable, quality affordable housing is an essential component of Price Philanthropies’ mission to improve life opportunities for underserved youth and families, and their communities. This intergenerational affordable housing development is the achievement of a collective vision to improve the quality of life in City Heights, and along El Cajon Boulevard in particular,” said Robert E. Price, President of Price Philanthropies Foundation.
The engagement of more than one architect for different portions of the project served to enrich the urban scale as intended. To that end, the Executive Architect and Planner for Harris Family Senior Residence and Mid-City Family Apartments was Rob Wellington Quigley Architects. The Mid-City Family Apartments project was designed by Rob Wellington Quigley Architects, and the Harris Family Senior Residence project was designed by Studio E. Architects.
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