Housing Opportunities & Maintenance For the Elderly

History

In 1982, Michel and Lilo Salmon founded H.O.M.E. to provide practical housing services to low-income seniors in Chicago. Seeing a vast need for housing assistance, H.O.M.E. began by finding affordable housing for displaced seniors. In 1983, the Salmons' vision of an affordable housing alternative took the form of the Pat Crowley House, 17 units of intergenerational group living in a rehabbed three-story brick building in the Edgewater neighborhood. The first model and facility of its kind in Chicago, it was a progressive idea rooted in the notion that it is beneficial for the elderly to live among people of all ages in a community setting. To this day, H.O.M.E.'s intergenerational housing model integrates older adults with families and young adults in a cooperative community setting.

Specialties

Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly, Inc. (H.O.M.E.) helps Chicago's low-income seniors to live independent and socially engaged lives. Founded in 1982, H.O.M.E. owns and manages three affordable intergenerational buildings where seniors choose between private apartments or, for a family-like setting, Good Life Senior Residences. In our buildings, families with children and young adults live alongside seniors. H.O.M.E. also helps low-income seniors in Chicago maintain their independence by providing a home upkeep and repair service, shopping bus, and moving assistance. H.O.M.E. welcomes volunteers both in its buildings and the community at large to provide weatherization, painting, cooking, seasonal work, and more for seniors.