Overview

Switzer Square is a 41-unit affordable rental housing complex that targets disabled persons and elderly located in the town limits of Vevay-500 E. Seminary Street. Switzerland County Housing Inc. (SCHI) owns and operates the complex. SCHI was formed in 1975 for the creation of affordable rental housing for seniors and disabled persons. In 1977, Switzer Square was constructed and in the early 1980s they added onto the complex to make it the 41-units it is today. There have been no major renovations or updates completed since this time and they are in dire need of making the units more accessible, so as the residents may age in place. In 2021, SCHI reached out to the Southeastern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (SIRPC) to discuss the need for renovating their complex and to ask for assistance with IHCDA's HOME application. The proposed project will update and make more accessible all of the bathrooms by removing the old bathtubs, installing new walk-in showers with grab bars, handicap height toilets, new vanities with medicine cabinet, flooring and installing GFCI outlets. The proposed project would install new “energy star” rated sliding patio doors, new baseboard heaters, update lighting to LED’s, and install new roof on the oldest section of the complex. The READI funding would be used to complete the renovations to the bathrooms.