Osprey Property Company of Annapolis, MD received the Honorable Mention Award for Special Needs Housing for Victoria Park Jaycees Senior Housing in Waldorf, MD at the 2004 Governor’s Housing Conference on November 16, 2004. The Award recognizes projects and programs that further the Department of Housing and Community Development’s mission to revitalize communities, encourage homeownership, expand affordable housing opportunities and enhance Maryland’s historic sites and traditions. Eva Coale, Controller and Lydia Clark, Development Associate accepted the award from Victor L. Hoskins, Secretary of the MD Department of Housing and Community Development.
The 60 unit apartment community opened in December 2003 and is the second phase of the senior community. Affordable senior housing is a priority in Maryland as the growth of aging residents increases from 15% of the population in 2000 to 23% of the population in 2020. In addition to quality affordable apartments, Victoria Park Jaycees offers a wide range of tenant services, programs and activities which are enjoyed by all the residents.
By utilizing housing tax credits, bonds, rental housing funds, CDBG and other state and local funding, Property Company has been successful in developing over 1,300 units affordable multifamily and senior communities in the Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and Florida.
Over 1,100 affordable housing professionals attended The Second Annual Governor’s Conference on Housing in Maryland. Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. is a proponent of affordable housing and is a priority of his Administration. In March 2004, Governor Ehrlich signed an executive order establishing the Governor’s Commission on Housing Policy, which charged the commissioners with “making recommendations for specific and measurable actions that can be taken to increase and preserve quality affordable housing in Maryland communities to meet the needs, as well as dreams, of working families, individuals with disabilities, the homeless and the elderly.”
Honorable Mention Award for Special Needs Housing