NORTHERN CAMBRIA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
(NCCDC)
ESTABLISHED IN 1986 TO ASSIST WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AFTER THE LOCAL ECONOMIC DOWNFALL CAUSED BY THE FALL IN
THE COAL MINING INDUSTRY IN THE 1980’S
NCCDC’S SAMPLE BUSINESS NICHE
• Designated as a Pennsylvania CHDO
• Various types of housing including Elderly and
Supportive Housing.
• Property Management and Property Maintenance
• Supportive Services and Case Management
• Economic Development including facilities and
programs to support job creation and spur business
development.
HOUSING PORTFOLIO
• NCCDC is either the Owner/Manager/Maintenance,
Management Agent/Maintenance, and/or a
Developing Partner in 16 different properties with
over 240 rental units.
• NCCDC is a developer that is very active in all
phases of project construction from Design to
Occupancy Permit. NCCDC also manages,
provides maintenance, and supportive services to
tenants.
ELDERLY HOUSING?? WHY?
• Business Market that will never dry up. There will always
be Elderly Citizens.
• The Elderly deserve proper care and a clean/safe place
to live.
• Good public perception and welcomed by neighbors.
• Funding readily available.
• Think of your Elderly family members and how You would
like to have them living. Think of Yourself when You are
Elderly and how You would want to live.
• Elderly Market can be as young as 55+. Increasing
market with widowers, disabled, single adults.
WHERE TO BUILD ELDERLY HOUSING?
• In aging communities where there are elderly
citizens. The elderly are very territorial.
• Communities where the elderly will want to leave.
• Aging Communities and populations because
funding agencies have compliance periods where
that population will need to be served over “X”
number of years.
• Communities that welcome the Elderly Housing.
TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION
• Multi-Unit Apartment Building.
• Duplex with a common interior marriage wall.
Garages are an option.
• Individual Cottages or Individual Homes
(manageable sizes). Garages are an option.
CONSTRUCTION CONSIDERATIONS
• No Steps
• Handles on Cabinets, Lever Door Hardware
• Age-in-place designs with accessible clearances and
accessible controls. Abundance in lighting (cautions
with glare)
• Showers or Tubs in regional location with Shower Wands,
extra grab bars around showers/tubs and toilets.
• Community Rooms and Central Mail areas. Gardening
areas and nature/picnic areas. Community Rooms
should be flexible for easy change of use.
• Pull Cords for Emergency notification and electronic
devices to watch porches and lobbies near elevator (if
needed).
CONSTRUCTION CONSIDERATIONS
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• Energy Efficiency to keep Utility costs lower.
• Security Systems and Video Intercoms for larger
buildings.
• Set up the facility for future visual/hearing
impaired tenants.
• Parking usually is not a priority, but public
transportation is.
• Use of Interior colors that are friendly, but brighter
than a conventional family housing development.
• Use of Interior colors for orientation. Each Floor,
hallways, common areas, apartments have different
colors.
• Lots of Directional Signage.
IMPORTANT FACTORS
• Design of Building, Parking Lot, Sidewalks,
Landscaping. Future Maintenance Costs are
Important to the Future Cash Flow of the Facility.
• Lawn Size and Ease of Lawn Care.
• Common Maintenance Materials through Facility.
• Location to Recreation, Parks, Exercise, Public
Transportation, etc.
• Necessary Operating Costs. Water, Sewer, Taxes,
Insurance, etc.
• Type of Heat, Individual Electric Metered
Apartments, Air Conditioning.
STRAIGHT SIDEWALKS WITH SQUARE
LEVEL PARKING LOT
EASY MAINTENANCE = LESS COST
EXPENSIVE LANDSCAPING VS. LOOKS
“OWNERS CHOICE”
CHAIR LIFTS
ARE CHEAPER THAN ELEVATORS
SERVICES OFFERED TO OUR TENANTS
• Assist with Finances (If approved/needed)
• Assist with Bills and Bill Paying
SERVICES OFFERED TO OUR TENANTS
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Set-Up Personal Care Services
Meals on Wheels
House Keeping
Home Nursing Agencies
County Mental Health, Area on Aging, Other County
Programs
• Transportation- Public Bus Routes and Medical
Transportation
• Family Issues and mediation
• If Other Services are Needed that we do not Perform, we
Assist the Tenant to Locate and Start the Necessary
Services.
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QUALITY OF LIFE
• Cohesion Amongst Tenants
QUALITY OF LIFE
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• Senior Centers
• Guest Speakers
• Senior In-House Activities
• Cards, Wii, Puzzles,
Building Parties, etc.
PROBLEMS AND SETBACKS
• Lack of Communication with Management and
Other Tenants
• Tenants are Afraid to call and be a Nuisance
• Visitors and Live-Ins
• Family members Taking Advantage of the Elderly
Person’s Housing
• Drama
• Excepting Change
• New Tenants and Neighbor Change
• Moving from a House to an Apartment