$13M senior housing complex planned in Rostraver Township

By Rich Cholodofsky
Trib Total Media
A $13 million, 50-unit senior housing complex is being planned in Rostraver Township, but nothing has been brought to the board of commissioners.
Rostraver Township board Vice Chairman Devin DeRienzo said they have had talks with the Westmoreland County Housing Authority, but he and other commissioners couldn’t speak too much to the plans as nothing has come to them.
“We put (the housing authority) in a direction of properties that were for sale, but other than that, it’s pretty hard for the board to comment on something that we don’t have in front of us,” he said. “Everything on their end is still very early, and nothing has been brought to the board.”
The proposed plan would be the fourth project by the Westmoreland County Housing Authority in the past decade and is part of an effort to provide more senior housing for low-income residents.
The authority on Tuesday approved the purchase of a 7-acre parcel in Rostraver near Route 51.
“The demographics of the county (are) changing, and there are development options out there,” said Westmoreland County Housing Authority Executive Director Michael Washowich.

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