New Residents and HUD Secretary
Help PHA Mark Opening of New Green
Seniors Apartment Building
The Philadelphia Housing Authority has ushered in a new
era of environmentally friendly public housing with the
opening of Nellie Reynolds Gardens, a 64-apartment building for seniors with an adult daily living center in North
Philadelphia.
Ceremonies were held in the building’s indoor
garden under a large glass atrium, where new residents
were joined by the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development Steve Preston, who came to help celebrate PHA’s latest public-private partnership, costing
$21.2 million.
“This facility exemplifies PHA’s commitment to help
our senior residents live with the kind of dignity
they’ve earned. It also underscores how seriously we
take our role as custodians of the environment,” said
PHA Executive Director Carl Greene.
The building features a 20,000 square foot green roof
with natural vegetation that absorbs rainwater and prevents it from running off into an already over-taxed city
sewer system.
PHA Commissioner Nellie Reynolds is joined by HUD Secretary Steve Preston (left), PHA Executive
Director Carl Greene, and Holly Glauser-Abel of the PA Housing Finance Agency at the ribbon
cutting for the new senior development.
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