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wcmagumba

(6,632 posts)
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 03:00 PM Oct 2025

Getting food is a struggle for many of us...I am lucky to live in a rent controlled senior apt...

next to the local small town senior center, they hand out boxes of food once a month and this helps me immensely. Check with your area senior centers to see if they do something similar...

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Getting food is a struggle for many of us...I am lucky to live in a rent controlled senior apt... (Original Post) wcmagumba Oct 2025 OP
I would Delphinus Oct 2025 #1
I'm fortunate enough to have a Section 8 voucher in my 55+ apartment building meow2u3 Oct 2025 #2

Delphinus

(12,557 posts)
1. I would
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 09:20 PM
Oct 2025

*LOVE* to find a rent-controlled senior apartment - I live in a 55-plus community and the rents just keep going up.

meow2u3

(25,251 posts)
2. I'm fortunate enough to have a Section 8 voucher in my 55+ apartment building
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 09:59 PM
Oct 2025

I'll have to check the senior center a block from me if they have food distribution.

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