Showing Posts by Date: 06/2016
06.27.2016
NYS Homes & Community Renewal has released an amended Multifamily Open Window Request for Proposals. This RFP which was originally released in April for highly ready projects, has now been amended to include $150 million for 1200 units of supportive housing STATEWIDE. This capital funding is intended to complement the recently released Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative Request for Proposals for services and operating for the first 1,200 units of the state’s plan to create 20,000 units over the next 15 years. Applications will be accepted throughout the year with a final due date of March 1, 2017.
06.24.2016
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Breaking ground at Morris Avenue Apartments.
On May 17, Bronx Pro and Services for the UnderServed (SUS) broke ground on an innovative new project -- Morris Avenue Apartments, a mixed use affordable apartment building in the University Heights neighborhood of the Bronx. The eleven story, 94 unit residence will provide homes to 14 moderate income families, 48 low income individuals and families as well as 31 apartments for a mix of formerly homeless individuals and young adults exiting residential treatment. There will be community rooms with computers, multiple outdoor recreation areas, and access for tenants to a 15-space parking lot. On-site supportive services will be provided by SUS.
Continue Reading … | New York City, Groundbreakings06.23.2016
The Governor and NYS Legislative leaders closed out the 2016 session on June 18th with an agreement to make $150 million in new capital resources available for 1,200 units of supportive housing in this fiscal year. This capital funding is intended to complement the recently released request for proposals for services and operating to ensure timely completion of the first 1,200 units of the state’s plan to create 6,000 units of supportive housing over the next five years.
06.22.2016
Cutting the ribbon at The Sydelle.
For decades the nation’s largest provider of services in supportive housing, the Center for Urban Community Services opened their third CUCS-developed-and-owned residence June 6th, The Sydelle, in the East Tremont neighborhood of the Bronx. Named for a longstanding supporter of CUCS, Sydelle Ostberg, the Sydelle provides 107 apartments to a mix of low-income and formerly homeless families and individuals.
Continue Reading … | New York City, Openings06.15.2016
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Executive Director Laura Mascuch welcomes the crowd.
The 16th Annual Supportive Housing Conference brought together some 1,300 members of the New York supportive housing community – the largest such gathering in the country -- to celebrate our major achievements this past year: securing commitments from the Mayor and Governor for 35,000 new units (although we are still hanging fire on the Governor’s 20K)! Network Board Treasurer Ralph Fasano and Executive Director Laura Mascuch welcomed the crowd. Deputy Mayor Herminia Palacio offered opening remarks, followed by greetings from the Governor delivered by Jamie Rubin, the Commissioner and CEO of NYS’ Homes and Community Renewal (HCR). The Center for Urban Community Services’ Tony Hannigan, who has been innovating in supportive housing for more than 30 years, described the journey, and introduced two tenants, Jamar Daniels and Enrique Pagan, who shared their personal stories of change and redemption, a crucial and humbling reminder of the human impact of our movement.
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