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Elmcor Youth & Adult Activities Breaks Ground on New Queens Affordable/Supportive Housing Residence
May.03.2022
On April 14th, Elmcor Youth & Adult Activities, Inc (Elmcor) joined government and project partners to break ground on a new affordable and supportive housing residence. Elmcor will provide services funded by NYC 15/15.
Eagle Star Housing Opens Liberty Square
May.03.2022
On May 3rd, Eagle Star Housing joined project partners for an opening ceremony of a new affordable/supportive residence, Liberty Square. Located in city of Batavia, the new residence is creating 55 apartments, of which 28 are supportive, set-aside for veterans experiencing homelessness. Six of the new residence’s units are accessible for people with mobility impairments and three for people with hearing or vision impairments.
April Community Corner
May.02.2022
In April 1968, the Fair Housing Act was passed into law, and to commemorate this historic legislation, April has been designated FAIR HOUSING MONTH. The Fair Housing Act -- which promised to end housing discrimination based on race, color, national origin, disability, religion, sex or familial status -- would probably never have been made it into law had it not been for Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. Still, however, more than 50 years after its passage, overt housing discrimination has been largely replaced by exclusionary zoning blocking the creation of affordable (and supportive) housing and leaving the country with a shortage of an estimated 4 million affordable homes. This short video by Vox is a great summary.
HHAP Awards - 5 Projects
May.02.2022
At its April 20th meeting, the Homeless Housing Assistance Corporation approved almost $19 million in Homeless Housing Assistance Program capital funding for five new supportive housing projects totaling 166 units. These awards include Project Renewal’s Bedford Green House Phase II in the Bronx, Breaking Ground’s Sutphin Senior Housing in Queens, DePaul’s Crane Street in Schenectady, Catholic Charities of Onondaga County’s Catholic Charities Housing Services Center Apartments in Syracuse and Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services’ Wheat Street Apartments in Cayuga. Congratulations to the awardees.
Services for the UnderServed Tops Off Melrose North
May.02.2022
On April 5th, Services for the UnderServed (S:US) and Bronx Pro Group gathered elected officials and community partners for a virtual topping off ceremony of a new affordable/supportive housing residence, Melrose North. Located in the Bronx, the residence will create 171 new units of affordable and supportive housing - 103 supportive units serving a mix of singles and families, as well as survivors of domestic violence. Once open, S:US will provide on-site services funded by NYC 15/15 and the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative (ESSHI).