PSS / WSF GrandParent Family Apartments is a newly constructed building on the corner of
Prospect Avenue and 163rd Street. It provides 50 apartments of supportive housing for older adults
raising children to whom they are related by blood or marriage (for example, grandparents &
grandchildren, aunts or uncles & great-nieces and nephews, cousins)
PSS / WSF
GrandParent Family
Apartments
951 Prospect Ave.
Bronx, New York
Eligible households:
 One adult in the household must be age 62 or older.
 All children in the household must be age 17 or younger at the time of admission.
 At the time of admission, the caregiver must have a legally sanctioned care relationship with
each child (for example: legally adoptive parent, legal guardian, legal custodian or kinship foster
care giver)
 The natural birth parent of any minor cannot be a member of the household.
 Low income (at or below 50% of average median income)
Rent: Qualified tenants will pay 30% of their income to rent.
Application Process:
Apartments:
 40 two-bedroom apartments
 10 three-bedroom apartments
This building is a collaborative development among Presbyterian Senior Services, West Side
Federation For Senior and Supportive Housing, Inc, and the New York City Housing Authority
(NYCHA).
Building Services:
 24-hour front-door security
 Superintendent (live-in)
 Housing manager
 Porter
 Laundry facilities on each floor
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On-Site Programs:
 Case management
 After-school study & recreation programs
 Supervised age-related activities for
children and youth
 Child and family counseling
 Support groups
 Educational Workshops
 Information and Referral
 Respite care
 Legal Assistance
NYCHA Tenants:
File a first step application with GrandParents (so that we may help expedite the process.)
Interested families should file a request to transfer to this project with NYCHA.
Eligible families will be interviewed by PSS GrandParent Family Apartments staff when a
vacancy occurs.
Non-NYCHA Tenants
 File a first step application with GrandParents (so that we may help expedite the
process.)
 Interested families file a special application with the New York City Housing Authority.
To request this application call the number below. Applications will be screened and
applicants will be interviewed by the NYCHA to assure the households have met
eligibility requirements.
 Eligible families will be interviewed by PSS GrandParent Family Apartments staff when a
vacancy occurs.
If you have questions or would like to receive an application:
call Cliff Flanders,
212-721-6032, ext. 1001
West Side Federation For Senior and Supportive Housing, Inc.
2345 Broadway, New York, NY 10024
PSS/WSF Housing Company, LP,(the owner
of this building) and the New York City
Housing Authority are pledged to the letter
and spirit of the law for the achievement of
equal housing opportunity throughout the
city, state and nation. In the selection of
families and in the provision of services,
there shall be no discrimination against any
person on the grounds of race, color,
religion, national origin, sex, sexual
orientation, marital status, disability, or
lawful occupation.
In New York City, it is against the law to
discriminate against people with disabilities.
The Law treats AIDS as it does any other
disability. This means you are protected by
law:
~If you have AIDS
~If you are HIV-infected
~If you have HIV-related disease
~If other people think any of the
above is true about you.
If you believe you have been
discriminated against, please call the
Department of Equal Opportunity at
(212)-306-4633.
PSS / WSF GrandParent Family
Apartments
Bronx, New York
Sponsor and Social Service
Provider: Presbyterian Senior Services.
PSS is a 42-year-old not-for-profit social
service agency that provides services for
older adults. In the Bronx, PSS sponsors
three senior centers, a caregivers
support program and a kinship program.
Developer and Managing Agent:
West Side Federation For Senior and
Supportive Housing, Inc. WSFSSH is a
not-for-profit supportive housing
development organization that has
developed and operates more than 1,200
units of affordable housing with services
for older adults with special needs.