Serenity Apartments Opens in South Los Angeles, Expanding Housing for Seniors
St. Joseph Center joined community partners to celebrate the opening of Serenity Apartments, a new affordable housing community providing permanent supportive housing for older adults in South Los Angeles.
Serenity Apartments, a new mixed-use affordable housing community for formerly homeless and low-income seniors, celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on August 21.
Located at 1623 W. Manchester Avenue in South Los Angeles, the $30 million development includes 50 affordable rental units, with 36 units reserved for chronically homeless and unhoused older adults.
St. Joseph Center serves as the lead social service provider for Serenity Apartments, helping ensure residents have access to stable housing and on-site support, including case management, mental health services, benefits assistance, and connections to health care and community programs tailored for seniors.
The development was made possible through a public-private partnership led by John Stanley, Inc., Concerned Citizens Community Involvement (CCCI), and Innovative Housing Opportunities (IHO). Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, faith leaders from Southside Church of Christ, and community partners joined the celebration honoring the vision first imagined by the late Dr. Carl C. Bacchus in 1979.
Future ground-floor space will also house programming by the Los Angeles Urban League, further anchoring the development as a hub of stability and opportunity in South Los Angeles.
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