Targeting one of the fastest-growing demographic groups in Goodyear, Arizona, a move is underway to build more affordable housing for seniors.
The effort is being launched by larger Maricopa County and will see the construction of a 261-room project just to the south of the intersection of Loop 303 and Van Buren Street.
Members of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors have given their approval to an agreement committing up to $10 million to the project.
In a statement, Jack Sellers, chairman of the Supervisors Board, remarked that “rising housing costs have disproportionately impacted seniors living in Maricopa County,” while also warning that “this segment of our population is slipping into homelessness.”
The Maricopa County effort, to be undertaken in a partnership with the City of Goodyear, will make units available for households earning 50% or less of the Area Median Income. That figure, in Maricopa, works out to $37,400.
Slated to be opened in the fall of 2025, what is being called Suncrest Vista will feature apartments ranging in size from one to three bedrooms.
According to the Maricopa Association of Governments, senior homelessness in the county has jumped by nearly 40% since 2021.
By Garry Boulard
