Most residents of Lapham Park, a nine-story public housing facility in Milwaukee, are elderly, some of them very old

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Two are over 100, nine are past 90. Thirteen percent are octogenarian, 18 percent septuagenarian. Seventy-four percent of the 200 residents have a median annual income below $8, 000. The facility serves 202 residents, of whom 96 percent are African American and 56 percent women. Lapham Park is unusual public housing. Because of a program known as the Lapham Park Venture, some of the city's most vulnerable residents can now age in place with access to a full range of health care and other services in an environment that is both socially and aesthetically stimulating. APA recognizes the Lapham Park Venture with the 2004 National Social Advocacy Award. This award, made in the name of advocacy planning pioneer Paul Davidoff, recognizes a project, group, or individual demonstrating sustained social commitment to planning for the needs of less fortunate members of society.