(Washington, DC) – In October 2023, Mayor Bowser and DHCD broke ground on the Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home, a 93-unit affordable senior housing apartments, funded with more than $26.6 million from the Housing Production Trust Fund (HPTF). This project supports the District's energy and climate goals, aiming for zero waste, net-zero carbon buildings, and a low-carbon future. The new four-story senior apartment building will offer units to residents earning less than $31,950 for a one-person household and up to $36,500 for a family of two.
Most recently, the Federal City Council's Committee of 100 awarded the Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home with the 2024 Vision Award:
Dear Friends of the Home,
We have exciting news to share with you! The Abraham and Laura Lisner Home for Aged Women (aka Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home) is being awarded a Vision Award for 2024, on October 17th, by the Committee of 100 on the Federal City, a non-profit organization founded in 1923 and dedicated to responsible planning and development in Washington, D.C. The Committee has recognized the Home for its outstanding collaboration with public and private sources and the community to expand its long-standing mission of caring for low-and moderate-income seniors. When a July 2020 flood rendered a portion of its historic assisted living building in Friendship Heights unhabitable, the Home, along with its architect Wiencek and Associates, developed a strategy to restore and improve this facility. The plan will bring this building into the 21st century, featuring 45 handicapped-accessible private assisted living units that will enable individuals to comfortably age in place; full renovation is scheduled for completion by mid-December 2024. The Home also partnered with Urban Atlantic, a local private developer, to build a new 93-unit, 100% affordable independent senior living apartment building on its campus. To achieve this, a $26.6 million construction loan was secured from the DC Housing Production Trust Fund – a first for affordable housing in Ward 3 – along with financing from private lenders. Pursuing a “good neighbor” policy, the Home, Wiencek and Associates, and Urban Atlantic worked closely with its ANC and adjoining residential neighbors in designing the new building in order to minimize neighborhood disruption and maintain local character. By April of 2022, the Zoning Commission had approved the plan, and the new construction project is now well underway; its anticipated completion date is the summer of 2025.
Warm regards,
Ward Orem, MA, LNHA
CEO
Susan Hargraces, MSA, LNHA
Administrator
About the Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home
The mission of the Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home is to provide extraordinary health and life care services to low- and modest-income seniors of the District of Columbia, empowering them to live their lives to the fullest. The Home is one of the oldest, continuous-serving long term care facilities in Washington, D.C., and has been in operation for more than 80 years. The Home is licensed by the District of Columbia as an assisted living residence (ALR) and a skilled nursing facility (SNF) and is recognized as a 501(c)(3) public charity by the Internal Revenue Service.
To learn more about the District’s vision to create more affordable housing, visit housing.dc.gov.