Merrivista 

Size                        Sq. Ft.
Studio                    320
One Bedroom     480

One hundred, twenty-six apartments are funded through Section 8 subsidies and pay 30% of the residents certified income.  Posted rents apply to all others and are below fair market rents for Haverhill area. 

Heat and electricity are included.  Those who run their own air conditioners are charged $36/year extra. 

Merrivista was rented up in 1969 and has a fifty year mortgage through HUD. 

Merrivista features a commercial kitchen and full dining room, beautician's shop, library, television room, wellness clinic, laundry room, two roof decks (one with a greenhouse), and fenced in areas for exercising pets and gardening. 

Bethany Care provides supportive services for 34 residents and BCS does likewise for about 20 more. 

Merrivista has a property manager, assistant property manager, superintendent, two assistants and a housekeeper.  The nurse is present three days and resident services person four. 

Equal opportunity/fair housing