The pioneering project spans 20 apartments with 1.5 to 3.5 rooms and three medical housing units, according to plans unveiled by municipal authorities this week.
The infrastructure will be built over the next three years, according to Keystone-SDA news agency.
The project is part of the “Old Age Strategy 2035” of the municipality of Zurich and was conceived with the participation of LBGT organisation queerAlternExternal link, which focuses on the elderly.
“This is a welcome and exciting initiative,” says Geneviève Donnet, LGBTIQ* aging project manager at the 360 association in Geneva.
There is no project of this kind in French-speaking Switzerland yet, Donnet notes, but the idea often comes up in discussions among older members of the community.
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Swiss parliament pushes forward on same sex-marriage
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Rhine could warm by up to 4°C by 2100, scientists warn
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Defence Minister Pfister stresses importance of Swiss mission in Balkans
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During a visit to the Balkans region last week, Swiss Defence Minister Martin Pfister met Swisscoy peacekeeping troops in Kosovo.
Premiere for Swiss Air Force on French National Day
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Swiss launch competition for memorial to Nazi victims
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The victims of Nazi Germany are to be commemorated on the Casinoterrasse in Bern. A competition will be held to determine what the site will look like.
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The cantonal police of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland have arrested and convicted five cocaine dealers in Chur within a week.
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The Swiss business umbrella organisation Economiesuisse and the employers' association broadly support the package of agreements negotiated with the European Union.
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More cases of violence against gays reported
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Attacks against members of sexual minority groups in Switzerland increased dramatically last year, LGBTI communities say.
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The Swiss press have largely welcomed voters’ broad support to closing a loophole in lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) rights.
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