Construction starts on low-income senior complex
Construction started Tuesday on a long-awaited Oceanside apartment complex for low-income senior citizens.Financed with about $7 million from the city and about $10 million from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the 80-unit Lil Jackson Senior Community complex is being built by Southern California Presbyterian Homes, said city Housing Program Manager Steve Jackson .
The project is named for longtime Oceanside community volunteer Lil Jackson (no relation to Steve Jackson), who attended a ground-breaking ceremony for the project Tuesday morning. Jackson, now 92, helped establish two Alzheimer’s support programs in North County after the disease claimed the life of her husband of more than 40 years.
“This has been a labor of love,” Councilwoman Esther Sanchez said about the affordable housing project.