Plans are underway to construct a four-story apartment building in Rumford, Rhode Island specifically intended for the LGBT community and their allies. Called The Landing at East Point, the project is part of Aldersbridge Communities, a nonprofit provider of assisted living, memory care and rehabilitation services to lower income adults.

Funding is currently being secured from multiple sources, with an intention to start construction this summer and begin welcoming residents in late 2027.

Reports the Boston Globe:

The plan is to break ground on the four-story, 39-unit independent living complex in the first half of 2026 on 29 acres off Bourne Avenue before officially opening in 2027, according to Richard Gamache, CEO of Aldersbridge Communities, a nonprofit organization that founded the approximately $18 million project. Aldersbridge partnered with Valley Affordable Housing Corp., which will operate the property once it opens, Gamache said.

The age-restricted building for residents 55 and older will feature “light and airy apartments,” a community room, common sitting spaces, and a “small intimate courtyard,” among other amenities.

People who earn 80 percent or less of the area median income — or $64,000 a year for an individual — will be eligible, Gamache said.

Jodi L. Glass, a member of Aldersbridge’s Board of Trustees who has long envisioned the project, and Gamache recently spoke with the Globe about the need for this housing in Rhode Island, local excitement for the complex, and what it means to be building it during this political moment.

Folks in my generation — I’m 72 — grew up coming out once, of course, which may have been traumatic, and to have to come out again when one moves, if need be, to a congregate living setting, could be traumatic and dangerous,” Glass told the Globe. “Many times, when we go into congregate living settings and we ask if there are LGBTQ folks there, [we] hear “Oh, there’s nobody here.” But that’s because people are too afraid to come out. We already have an interest list of, I think, 44 people at this point.”

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