Low-cost rentals evaporate, displacing seniors, disabled
Waiting lists for homes, apartments grow as opportunities lag
Ella Gerrity moved into a $160-per-month studio apartment at Imperial Towers when Jimmy Carter was president and Titusville had about 30,000 residents.
She never dreamed that, at age 101, she’d be packing china and looking for a new apartment as her place and those around it became Bay Towers condominiums.
But like thousands of people countywide, Gerrity was forced into a home search because of Brevard County’s tight market for lower-income housing. At least 1,000 people are on local public housing waiting lists. Another 200 await Section 8 vouchers, with which they can rent apartments or privately owned homes.