A Place to Call Home
From the New York Daily News
It's safe to say that Arturo Basilio speaks for everyone in his apartment building: They've all known pretty tough times.
"I love this place. It's a lifesaver," said the restaurant worker and father of three, including 4-year-old Artyairish. "This place" is the Dorothy Day Apartments on Riverside Drive and W. 135th St., supportive housing for the poor done right.
The pioneering 70-unit building serves formerly homeless families and children and those in deep, generational poverty.
With its modern design, Head Start nursery school for little kids, mentors for big kids and social and cultural services for adults, the beautiful turn-of-the-century building is a remarkable lifeline for the 192 people who proudly call it home.
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Did you know…
In Denver, it costs $25,000 more per year to leave a person homeless than to give him supportive housing.