A place for us at 11610 Madison Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio
A Place for Us
The opening of A Place for Us Housing represented a multi-decade goal for LGBTQ+ advocate and NRP partner Linda Krasienko, who noted that members of the LGBTQ+ community often become isolated as they age. She founded the non-profit organization, “It’s About Us,” to provide services to LGBTQ+ seniors. Because of the excitement of the completion of a long-awaited, one of-a-kind, inclusive, and affordable retirement project in Ohio and throughout the United States, the local media coverage in Cleveland, Ohio exploded with the coverage of spreading the news about A Place For Us Housing. Alongside the housing project were the services — focused on senior LGBTQ people — coordinated by the nonprofit organization It’s About Us.
Justin Glanville & Ken Schneck, The Land
Ohio’s first LGBTQ residential building feels inclusive to some, like ‘just apartments’ to others
“The mission is to build community,” said Linda Krasienko, a pastor and activist who founded A Place for Us as a nonprofit initiative. “And the way you build community is you have amenities inside the facility which bring people together and you have focused programming and intentional services.”
June 9, 2022
wkyc.com
Linda Krasienko and Aaron Pechota (NRP) talk
A Place for Us Housing
“We are extremely excited about this senior development which will provide needed support for aging members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community. This community will provide a unique housing opportunity for an aging population that is often lacking close family relationships and suffering from isolation.”
— Linda M. Krasienko, LGBTQ+ Advocate
March 23, 2018
Christine Serlin, Affordable Housing Finance
A Place for All Seniors Opens in Cleveland
Cleveland, Elyria, Mentor, Ohio. A Place for Us in Cleveland—developed by The NRP Group in partnership with Linda Krasienko, president of A Place For Us Development—is providing 55 units of affordable housing for seniors 55 and older. The Ohio Finance Association granted Linda 2 million dollars of tax credit monies for building with the facility the various amenities. The development also is providing needed housing and services for the aging lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. (Courtesy The NRP Group.)
January 25, 2017
Michelle Jarboe, The Plain Dealer
Cleveland apartment complex, ‘A Place for Us,’ aims to be haven for older LGBT renters
CLEVELAND, Ohio. It took 20 years for the seed of an idea to become a building. In November 2016, the first renters moved into A Place for Us, an unusual senior apartment complex on Cleveland’s west side. Those move-ins were milestones for Linda Krasienko, who spent two decades advocating for construction of gay- and lesbian-friendly housing in the city.
January 6, 2017
