Services & Cost
Services Available
Senior citizens’ self-contained apartments are operated very much like private rental projects. For example, they do not have staff on duty 24 hours a day. However, tenants have access to staff from the management body for emergency situations such as loss of heat or electricity, or emergency plumbing problems, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Most of the subsidized apartment living facilities managed by The Bethany Group have the following services:
- Private suites
- Maintenance
- Security
- Elevators
- Laundry Facilities
- Lounge and Hobby Areas
- On-site Hairdresser (select locations)
Rent Costs
- Rent in seniors self-contained apartments is based on a rent-geared to income (RGI) formula. This means that rent is based on a percentage of the tenant’s adjusted income. In the case of a couple or two persons sharing a seniors self-contained apartment, the rent is based on the combined incomes of both.
- Rent is calculated at 30% of total gross income from all sources (i.e. pensions, investment income, etc.) with a maximum rate approved by the Governing Board (subject to review).
- Heat, water, sewer and garbage removal charges are included in the rent.
- Electricity, telephone, parking and cable TV charges are the responsibility of the tenant.