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AHEPA 343 Apartment complex gets regional honor

November 16, 2009

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced that the AHEPA National Housing Corporation has received an honor for “providing affordable senior housing to the elderly through the Section 202 Program of the National Housing Act of 1959 (supportive Housing for the Elderly).”

AHEPA National Housing Corporation operates AHEPA 343 Apartments, located at 121 Mason Circle in La Vergne. The complex is five years old and currently houses approximately 52 residents in 50 apartments. The AHEPA 343Apartments was only one of two complexes chosen in the Southeast Region, according to Kathy Sanders with AHEPA 343.

There will be a 50th Anniversary Celebration on Nov. 23, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at the apartment complex, Guests include the Atlanta HUD Director, Nashville HUD and staff, local dignitaries, elected officials, Board President James Mitchell and AHEPA Management Company CEO Paul Hulse.

Also speaking with be two 80-year-old residents who will tell what it means to them to live in the apartments. There will be an open house that day until 5 p.m.

“People from all over can come and look at AHEPA and see what we’re all about,” Sanders said.

The Housing Act of 1959 was passed on Sept. 23, 1959 when President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Housing Act into law. It arrived during a time when many of the nation’s elderly, even those with moderate incomes, were living in deplorable conditions. The program has created more than 8,000 developments across the country providing more than a quarter million very low-income elderly with supportive services to that they can age with dignity and grace, in physical comfort and financial security.

A light brunch will be provided. Please RSVP by Nov. 18, 2009 to Sanders 793-4272 or e-mail her at ksanders@ahepahousing.org.

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Written by Angie Mayes · Filed Under LaVergne News Blog 

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