A former hotel converted to a multifamily complex that provides long-term housing for people age 55 and up exiting homelessness is open in Anderson Mill, a neighborhood in far north Austin.
Austin Housing Finance Corporation owns at the two-acre property at 10813 Pecan Park Boulevard, a former Candlewood Suites hotel that the city converted to a multifamily community, and Family Eldercare manages and operates the complex.
The city's Austin Housing Finance Corporation purchased Pecan Gardens, a former Candlewood Suites hotel, for $9.55 million in 2021. It began converting the two-acre property at 10813 Pecan Park Boulevard to an apartment complex with 78 furnished studios in 2023 and started renting them in August of this year. Central Texas nonprofit Family Eldercare manages and operates the complex..
Pecan Gardens residents have access to housing stability services, including case management, health assessments, living skills coordination, and community-building activities, as well as assistance with basic needs such as food through an onsite food pantry. The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing provides clinic services onsite.
Tenants of the pet-friendly complex sign yearly leases and will not spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent, which includes all utilities. All units in complex are supported by the a housing voucher program that pays fair market rent for efficiencies.
Residents were referred to the facility through the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition Coordinated Entry System.
