Dedicated to Providing Affordable LGBTQ-Welcoming Senior Housing

News & Updates

Are you looking to support Pryde residents during this challenging time? Please help us ensure that older adults in need are able to fill their plates, pay their bills, keep a roof over their heads, and know that they are not alone by ordering essential items off of our wishlist or making a direct donation to our Resident Emergency Fund.

Recent News:

October 2025 • Mass Live Boston Housing Crisis: New law prioritizes converting city property into affordable homes
October 2025 • TD Stories The Surprising Journey from Abandoned School to Housing Affordability
October 2025 • WGBH News Boston’s LGBTQ+ seniors build community in the Trump era

Upcoming Events: Sign up for our newsletter to find out about all of our upcoming events. Here’s what’s happening soon!

November 7th • Little Brother’s Friends of The Elderly Drop-In Technology Cafe 1:00-2:00pm at The Pryde Community Center!
November 7th • AARP Tax Aide Volunteer Information Session 2:00-3:00pm

Please note, if you are interested in living at The Pryde, LGBTQ Senior Housing’s first community, please complete a waitlist application with our partner Pennrose Management. Learn more about joining the waitlist here.

Mission

LGBTQ Senior Housing’s mission is to facilitate access to welcoming, safe and affordable housing for low-income LGBTQ seniors, including through a formal role in the development of such housing; to define onsite housing services and programming that addresses the needs of LGBTQ seniors; and to support community space to serve seniors in the Greater Boston community.

History

LGBTQ Senior Housing Inc. began in 2015 as a Task Force of committed individuals, looking to find ways to address the need for safe and inclusive affordable housing for LGBTQ seniors. In 2018, we incorporated as a 501(c)(3) organization, and are working to make our vision a reality.

The Pryde
Our First Community

In 2019 following a competitive bid process, LGBTQ Senior Housing was awarded the former William Barton Rogers Middle School in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston along with our housing development partner Pennrose. Our design partner is the architecture firm DiMella Shaffer. We renovated the historic 100,000 square foot building through adaptive reuse, into 74 apartments of LGBTQ-friendly affordable senior housing, which is now home to residents aged 62 and over. Known as The Pryde, it includes a 10,000 square foot LGBTQ Community Center, offering diverse social, educational and cultural services and programming to residents, the larger LGBTQ community, and the local diverse Hyde Park neighborhood, offering a new and expanded community gathering space. We began welcoming our first residents in June 2024.

The Pryde is the first such housing development in New England. With the success of this project, we are addressing both the need for welcoming and affordable housing and services that are intentionally LGBTQ-affirming.

Beyond the establishment of this first community, we will continue to explore opportunities to develop additional sites as well as partner with other organizations to help make other senior housing LGBTQ-affirming, as we believe that all senior housing should be welcoming and safe for LGBTQ seniors.

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