Dixie County's primary in-county federally subsidized USDA Rural Development Section 515 / Section 521 Rental Assistance and Florida Housing Finance Corporation (FHFC) low-income apartment community serving independent seniors (62+), persons with disabilities, and low-income households at 231 NE 97th Street, Cross City, FL 32628 ((352) 498-3175, TTY 711). Owned by Cross City Apartments, Ltd. (Florida Sunbiz Document #A11951, active limited partnership since 1985) and professionally managed by Royal American Management, Inc. (Florida Sunbiz Document #763355), The Timbers Apartments features 32 single-story, step-free 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom apartments on 4.46 wooded acres just off US Highway 19/98 in the county seat, with income-based USDA Section 521 Rental Assistance (tenants pay 30% of adjusted gross monthly income), Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher acceptance, central heating/air, on-site laundry facilities, handicap-accessible units, and direct pickup by SREC Dixie County Senior Transit ((352) 498-5018 Ext. 3). Regulatory Supply & Border Overflow Note: Because Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) records confirm zero (0) Chapter 651 CCRCs and HUD records confirm zero (0) Section 202 elderly complexes inside Dixie County—making The Timbers Apartments (32 units) the sole private USDA Section 515 apartment community inside county lines—waitlisted Old Town (32680) and Cross City (32628) seniors also apply at the two immediate Suwannee River bridge USDA Section 515 complexes 2 miles east of Old Town in Fanning Springs: Gardenia Street Villas (17420 NW 90th Ct, Fanning Springs, FL 32693, (352) 463-1999, 27 ground-level units, Boyd Management) and Suwannee River Villas (8431 NW 170th St, Fanning Springs, FL 32693, (352) 463-6642, 25 ground-level units, Flynn Management #759029).