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Immaculata Hall
St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers
Immaculata Hall is a 100-unit supportive housing residence developed and operated by Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers (SVCMC). Located in Jamaica, Queens, Immaculata Hall is the first residence in Queens funded by the City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Supportive Housing Loan Program. The completely refurbished building, formerly a residence for medical staff at Mary Immaculate Hospital, provides homes to residents who have faced persistent mental illness and homelessness as well as low income individuals from the community. Mayor Bloomberg attended the building’s opening, joined by Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers' (SVCMC) CEO David Speltz, SVCMC vice chair Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan, New York City's Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Shaun Donovan, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Thomas R. Freiden, MD, MPH, and Department of Homeless Services First Deputy Commissioner Fran Winter.
The 100 units at Immaculata Hall are fully furnished efficiency apartments; 75 are allocated to adults with serious and persistent mental illness including long-term shelter users, and the remaining 25 apartments are reserved for low-income community residents. Residents at Immaculata Hall have on-site access to a range of social and medical services designed to help tenants successfully integrate into the community. Immaculata Hall also features a library and a fitness center.
Capital funding for Immaculata Hall was provided by NYC Housing Preservation and Development Supportive Housing Loan Program, NYS Homeless Housing Assistance Program (OTDA), Federal Home Loan Bank of NY/Astoria Federal Savings, and Corporation for Supportive Housing; as well as through Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits. Operations (rental assistance and supportive services) are funded through the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and NYC Department of Homeless Services.
See a video and press release from the opening of Immaculata Hall.
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