Daily News covers Vicinitas Hall

From the New York Daily News

Steven Nunez never had a father, lost his mother when he was 10 years old and spent seven years in foster care. When he aged out of the New York City foster care system, he had nowhere to go, so he started sleeping on couches and the subway.

But today the slim, upbeat 28-year-old college student and aspiring restaurateur boasts a shiny studio apartment with a kitchen that faces the rising sun and Tremont Park in the Bronx.

Nunez is one of 67 tenants at Vicinitas Hall, a brand new supportive housing development in East Tremont for low-income young adults and those who have aged out of foster care.

“Coming from where I come from, with no family and no one to turn to, I needed hope and a fresh start,” said Nunez, smiling behind thick black spectacles with white polka dots.

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