Gay and Lesbian Elder Housing records
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Scope and Contents
This collection comprises board of directors minutes, legal agreements, financial records, research materials, correspondence, photographs, promotional material, and other administrative records (2000-2015) from the Gay and Lesbian Elder Housing (GLEH), a non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California, dedicated to developing and maintaining affordable housing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) seniors.
The collection includes materials documenting the development, construction, and opening of the apartment complex for LGBT seniors in Hollywood, known as Triangle Square. Materials also document the legal aspects of building and maintaining supportive and affordable housing in the context of California local and state regulations. The collection also includes documents related to fundraising activities, such as grant management, donor relations, and the annual Garden Party fundraiser. Additional materials document the administration of support services and social activities for Triangle Square residents.
Dates
- Creation: 2000-2015
Creator
- Gay and Lesbian Elder Housing (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. Access is restricted for boxes #10-14.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Founded in 2001, Gay and Lesbian Elder Housing (GLEH) is a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, California. GLEH was founded to develop and maintain the nation's first affordable housing complex specifically for lower-income LGBT senior citizens.
GLEH was formed from a community-based group called the Alliance for Diverse Aging Community Services (A-DACS) under the auspices of the Los Angeles LGBT Center. With the support of a start-up grant of $90,000 established by California Governor Gray Davis, A-DACS began a program to address the needs of LGBT older adults. Their activities included researching gaps in services for LGBT seniors, developing a strategic plan for creating and maintaining such services, and establishing a network of service providers who were sensitive to the specific needs of LGBT older adults, including those living with HIV/AIDS.
In 2003-2004, contruction began on a 104-unit affordable housing development on the corner of Selma and Ivar Avenues in Hollywood. The development, later named Triangle Square, officially broke ground on July 14, 2005, and within a year, GLEH began accepting applications for low-income residents.
Triangle Square held its grand opening and welcomed its first residents in 2007. As GLEH's website states, "The $21.5M, 104-unit building located on the corner of Selma and Ivar Avenues in Hollywood, is designed to house individuals of mixed incomes under an affordable housing model. The unit mix consists of 96 one- and 8 two-bedroom units targeted to low income seniors. 34% of the units will be designated for seniors with HIV/AIDS, homeless or at risk of homelessness."
Source: "Our History," Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing, https://www.gleh.org/about-gleh/our-history (accessed June 30, 2021).
Extent
17.5 Linear Feet (14 boxes.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Administrative records (2000-2015) from the Gay and Lesbian Elder Housing (GLEH), a non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California, and one of the first organizations dedicated to developing and maintaining affordable housing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) seniors. The collection includes materials documenting the development, construction, and opening of the apartment complex for LGBT seniors in Hollywood, known as Triangle Square; fundraising events such as the annual Garden Party; and the administration of support services and social activities for Triangle Square residents.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in five series: 1) General administration, 2) Real estate development and construction, 3) Events administration, 4) Triangle Square residential activities and administration, and 5) Financial records, fundraising, and development. In each series, folders are arranged alphabetically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Gay and Lesbian Elder Housing Los Angeles Corporation, c/o Los Angeles LGBT Center, June 17, 2018.
Separated Materials
The following items have been separated to the ONE Archives periodicals:
Koleinu: Congregation Kol Ami, vol. 10, no. 45 (March/April 2003)
Lesbian News, Vol. 31, No. 3 (November 2005)
Lifelines: a quarterly publication of Project Angel Food (Spring 2003)
Lifelines: a quarterly publication of Project Angel Food (Fall 2003)
Lifelines: a quarterly publication of Project Angel Food (Winter 2005)
SAGE Matters, Fall 2005
Task Force Report: the quarterly newsletter of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Spring 2003
Women on a Roll, August 2004
The following item has been separated to the ONE Library:
Trachtenberg, Robert (ed.). When I Knew. New York, N.Y.: Regan Books, 2005.
Processing Information
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the California State Library. Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, July 2021.
Subject
- L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid to the Gay and Lesbian Elder Housing records, 2000-2015
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Loni Shibuyama
- Date
- © 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California Repository
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles California 90007 United States
(213) 821-2771
askone@usc.edu