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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Homeless & Housing, Senior Citizens Housing & Retirement Communities, Seniors
Mission: The organization was formed as a non-profit corporation in july 1979 to organize and operate a center exclusively for charitable purposes for the benefit of indigent elderly and the acquisition of properties in order to create and operate affordable, safe, superior quality housing for the san diego low income elderly, and related low income elderly services.
Programs: The organization created and operated a center providing housing referrals and recreational facilities at the san diego kind corporation/san diego square complex located at 1055 ninth avenue in downtown san diego for the benefit of low income elderly. In, 1988, the organization purchased the new palace hotel, a residential hotel located at 1814 fifth avenue in downtown san diego. In the process of renovating the structure into a residential hotel for the needy elderly a fire destroyed the building. Renovations were completed and the hotel reopened in 1992 with 80 tax credit units for low income seniors. On february 11, 2014 san diego kind corporation (sdkc) sold/transferred the hud 202/8 low income senior housing project serving 154+ seniors to housing development partners (hdp), a non profit affiliate of the san diego housing commission, the housing authority for the city of san diego. Downtown senior center (dsc) continues to loan monies and donate services to help support sdkc, a 501 (c) (3) non profit corporation. Dsc also loans monies and donates services to fifth avenue corporation, a 501 (c) (3) non profit corporation and managing general partner of new palace associates, a low income senior tax credit property that served 80 seniors until the project was sold/transferred to hdp in 2016, ensuring fifty-five additional years of low income rental units and section 8 vouchers for the needy elderly.
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