LongCrest is a senior housing apartment building providing affordable housing for low-income residents. Consisting of 52 new residential units, shared common amenities and renovation to the historic Long Home, the 3.99 acre project site is situated in a mixed-use, urban context within the City of Lancaster, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

LongCrest was designed to:

• Assimilate the residents and the building into the surrounding neighborhoods
• Preserve Lancaster’s existing, unique urban fabric
• Incorporate and promote energy conservation
• Meet Fair Housing Act requirements using a Visitability design approach
• Re-activate the city block and enhance the value of the surrounding community

Presbyterian Senior Living decided to repurpose its aging personal care facility, The Long Home, instead of closing the facility. The historic building built in the early 1900s is located in a residential neighborhood of Lancaster City, Pennsylvania. The owner felt the highest and best use of the existing building was to transform it to tax-credit based affordable housing. The project consists of an addition of 52 residential units and the existing building was renovated to provide resident amenities. The challenge was to deliver a cost effective project that also met the local historic preservation requirements including the physical relocation of a 150 year old carriage house on the site.

The project was awarded low-income housing tax credits from the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA).