Elder Cottage Available

Elder Cottage Available

Better Housing for Tompkins County anticipates having a vacancy in its Elder Cottage Lease Program and is encouraging applications from eligible older adults and their families.

Better Housing rents small, modular homes to income-eligible seniors (60 and older) who wish to have them installed temporarily next to the family home of one of their adult children or other supportive relative living in Tompkins County, outside the City of Ithaca.

The elder cottage concept enables seniors to continue living independently with the support and security offer by family living nearby. The accessibility and other design features of these one-bedroom modular ranch homes also help the resident to be able to continue aging in place should they at some point have mobility impairments.

“The program is very popular with the seniors who use it, ” explains Andrew Piliero, Property Manager at Better Housing. “It brings families closer while allowing seniors to live independently.”

Income limits apply, and sites for the Cottages must meet requirements. To view details, please visit www.betterhousingtc.org. For information on the application process, call David Stoyell at the Tompkins County Office for the Aging, 274-5492.