Mobile Navigation Menu

Ephesus Senior Homes

831 Wayne St.
Westwego, Louisiana 70094
PartnerEphesus Missionary Baptist Church
RoleDeveloper / Lender / Owner / Property Manager
Units27
Total Development Cost$5,108,878
Completion Date05/31/2011

In 2006 Ephesus Missionary Baptist Church engaged GCHP to develop 4.9 acres of vacant land adjacent to their sanctuary/offices in Jefferson Parish, LA. GCHP successfully secured a Low Income Housing Tax Credit allocation to develop a 54-unit rental community on the site but the 2008 downturn in the economic markets resulted in the withdrawal of two separate potential investors from the project.

Exploring alternative development financing, GCHP secured a commitment from the Louisiana Recovery Authority’s (LRA) Affordable Housing Pilot Program and adapted the project scope to construct a 27 unit single-family subdivision, currently operated as senior rental housing with the option to convert the units to home ownership in the future. The subdivision was completed in early 2011.

Related News

See all news
Residential

Gulf Coast Housing Partnership Opens Phoenix Square II and III Apartments in Hammond

Phoenix Square II and III, two newly constructed affordable housing communities developed by Gulf Coast Housing Partnership (GCHP), are now open in Hammond, Louisiana. Together, […]
Read More
Residential

Gulf Coast Housing Partnership (GCHP) Receives $3.49 EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grant

Gulf Coast Housing Partnership has been selected to receive a $3,491,144 Brownfields Cleanup Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This funding—made possible through […]
Read More
Residential

Gulf Coast Housing Partnership Breaks Ground on Historic Rehabilitation of 67 Homes in Jackson

On April 16, Gulf Coast Housing Partnership (GCHP) and community partners broke ground on Leonard Court, the historic rehabilitation of 67 homes in Jackson’s Farish […]
Read More