A local housing agency celebrated the launch of construction on a new 50-unit housing development for low income seniors in Bangor on Wednesday.

The Bangor Housing Authority is creating Sunridge Senior Housing Apartments off Union Street in Bangor. The 50-unit building will hold 44 one-bedroom apartments priced at $1,160 per month, and six two-bedroom units with a monthly rent of $1,395, said Mike Myatt, executive director of the Bangor Housing Authority.

The housing is reserved for people ages 55 and older whose income is 60 percent of the area median income, which the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sets annually. For one person, this would be an annual income of up to $44,000, Myatt said.

Once complete, the building will become home to some of the “thousands” of seni

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