The Wiley H. Bates housing complex provides housing to senior citizens with extremely low incomes for in the Annapolis area. It is part of the Community Preservation and Development Corporation's chain of housing and community centers that seeks to reinvest in the community in under-served areas, in an effort to revitalize and provide affordable housing. The complex is also the site of the Boys and Girls Club and a senior center that provides services and amenities to the seniors living in and around the complex.