What do you do when your mission dies an untimely death? Find another.
Built in 1769 as a private residence, Chase Lloyd House in Annapolis, Maryland has been housing senior women for 130 years. In 1886 its last private resident, Hester Chase Ridout, endowed the building as a place of independent living for older, single women. It’s been trucking along ever since, housing six to eight residents at a time.
By last year, however, it had become clear that the building could no longer be restored or refurbished in order to meet modern safety standards for its residents. The last one has now moved out. An endowment still remains. What to do in the spirit of Hester Chase Ridout’s original endowment? The Chase Lloyd House Board of Trustees have landed on a good plan.
For all the promise of pandemic-inspired programs to help the poorest pay their rent arrears, there are inevitably people who fall between the cracks. Chase Lloyd House is helping some of them. The endowment is being used to pay back rent and provide housing stability. The recipients are single women with dependents who are living in public housing. Read more in the Capital Gazette: No longer able to house women, Chase Lloyd House in Annapolis approves grant to pay for public housing tenants late rent
