The USDA subsidizes over 15,000 section 515 rural multi-family apartment complexes throughout the 50 states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam. Properties are classified as Elderly or Family and provide unit sizes from studio to 4 bedroom. The properties are serviced by approved Management Agencies who provide required annual tenant certification processing for their residents. Laundry and parking onsite. This effort by Harborlight Community Partners, protected and improved the current 30 one-bedroom apartments, four of which are handicapped accessible, for fixed income elders. Pigeon Cove Ledges is 22% of all the affordable housing in Rockport so it was critical to make sure it did not convert to market rate.