HELP USA Launches Housing Center for Veterans and Seniors

1. HELP USA Launches
Housing Center for Veterans
and Seniors
By: David Simon

2. HELP USA Launches Housing Center for
Veterans and Seniors
Hedge fund manager David Simon serves as the Managing Member and Co-chief Investment Officer
of Twin Capital Management, LLC. Outside of his professional role at Twin Capital, David Simon
supports HELP USA, an organization that empowers people facing homelessness.

3. HELP USA Launches Housing Center for
Veterans and Seniors
Focused on providing decent shelter to everyone, HELP USA partnered with the Philadelphia Housing
Authority to renovate the long-vacant former Spring Garden School building into a new home for
veterans and people aged 55 and older. The new center, named The Lural Lee Blevins Veterans
Center, will house 37 veterans and several seniors. Featuring several housing units, a dozen were
designated for veterans while the rest are for seniors earning less than 60 percent of the region’s
median income.

4. HELP USA Launches Housing Center for
Veterans and Seniors
Besides housing units, the center offers counseling and health care services. Employment
opportunities are also available for those who are capable. At the top of the building is a rooftop
garden and playground.

5. HELP USA Launches Housing Center for
Veterans and Seniors
While the center has been opened, HELP USA indicated it is not done with renovations yet. The
organization plans to convert a nearby grassy hill into a neighborhood soccer field.
Source:
https://philly.curbed.com/2017/11/10/16633332/spring-garden-school-lural-blevins-veterans-center-
opening