LGBT retirement facilities to open in South Florida

LGBT retirement facilities to open in South Florida

A new 4,000 square-foot facility will soon cater to the elderly population within the LGBT community in south Florida. Secret Garden will offer rents ranging from $2,500-$3 500 a month and will offer both shared or private rooms and transportation to shopping centers, attractions and doctors appointments.

While not an official assisted living facility, Secret Gardens does give older LGBT residents a sense of comfort in their twilight years, according to Tom Duffy, a retired catering business owner who converted a small ALF into Secret Garden.

“I want it to be like a family, more like a commune, I guess,” Duffy told the Sun-Sentinel.

Duffy lives on the property and has already started interviewing prospective tenants.

Another facility catering to elderly LGBTs could open soon in nearby Fort Lauderdale. That facility, dubbed Pineapple House, will have nearly 200 units and have a relationship with Pineapple Point, an upscale gay men’s resort on Fort Lauderdale Beach.

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