anchor Description
This project provides for the planning and design of a facility that would provide deeply affordable living quarters .The facility would include individual, furnished units with private bathrooms and limited kitchen facilities. The units would be rented at an extremely affordable rate so that individuals would be able to self-resolve and end their experience with homelessness.
anchorEstimated Schedule
Planning and design to take place Summer of 2022.
anchor Justification
A major obstacle to ending homelessness is the lack of affordable housing. Many individuals that are experiencing homelessness have regular income but are unable to find housing that is affordable. This project would acquire an existing building and retrofit the facility to include individual, furnished units with private bathrooms and limited kitchen facilities.
anchorFiscal Note
This project provides initial funding to locate a facility. Additional funds will be requested for acquisition and renovation once a site has been identified. This project will utilize Federal funding to support planning, and pending approval from the Housing and Urban Development (HUD), additional HOME funds will be used to acquire a facility. FY22 supplemental in Federal Aid for the amount of $100,000 for planning.
anchorCoordination
Department of Health and Human Services, Department of General Services, and Department of Housing and Community Affairs.