I have lived here at Interfaith Manor for 2 1/2 years now. It is a low income apartments for elderly and disabled individuals. The elderly is the largest population. However, there are some of us younger individuals who live here who are disabled. Some of the apartments here are HUD subsidized. Some who live here pay full price for their rent. No one pays for utilities here.
Now for the real issues. Like with every apartment complex of this type there are going to be issues. You get what you pay for that is for sure and it doesn't matter that the owners of the building is a coalition of churches and they get HUD subsidies from the federal government. If anything it makes what happens here worse.
I noticed Donna's review. It reads as though this facility is a group or nursing home of sorts with the balcony, community room, and day trip references.
In truth we do have a community room and lounge area. This is where a woman comes, she even has her own office area for the Serior Center. I guess this town can't afford it's own Senior Center so they plop it in an apartment building owned by a coalition of churches partially subsidized by HUD. *sigh* For any Senior Center to run it needs volunteers. This one in particular is extremely low on volunteers. So what happens? They don't meet as often.
The day trips? That is NOT a privilege of living in the apartment building. If it's a day trip with the Senior Center, the Senior Center is not a part of living in the apartment building... it's just there... the managers can do nothing about what the Senior Center does or does not do.
Those are a couple of things I here all the time when people complain about this building. They forget that this is not a nursing home or an assisted living facility and that the Senior Center just happens to be located in the first floor of the building.
Now they do keep the lawns very well maintained. However we do have problems with the building's dog owners picking up their dog's waste in said well maintained lawn.
I have never had an issue with maintenance. But then again, I haven't lived here 30+ years like many here have where they have worn out everything in their apartments. Far too many times these people are calling maintenance for things that they could fix themselves. I'm NOT exaggerating.
All of this sounds more like a tenant problem doesn't it? Yes and no.
My story is a long one. It starts with me getting help from The Freedom From Religion Foundation to get the religious icons and a religious altar taken down in the community areas of the building as it against the federal HUD rules. The coalition of church board members took the religious icons down but let my name slip out to the tenants that it was me. I have been targeted by the majority of the Christian tenants ever since. Ever the now former manager, Mitzi Valentine have me trouble at times. Now the two temporary managers they have on staff, Tina and Brandi, were told I was an atheist and to take my name off the Christmas card tenant name list this year to be sensitive towards my lifestyle choices. Makes one wonder if there was a Jewish person who celebrated Hannukah would they do the same?
I have lived in severe poverty most of my life. I have lived in some very horrible places. I've survived some really harsh conditions. I am so very grateful for my apartment. However, that doesn't mean I have to put up with this. I won't.
I would never recommend this place to anyone unless you are exactly like these people, white, straight, Christian, closed minded, have a tendency to look for a devil to pin your gossip on, and feels the need to live in a closed gated type community, brick apartment building style, with a religious sheep like feel to it. I prefer variety, inclusion, and not getting in people's business. read more