Comunilife Breaks Ground on El Rio
Sep.20.2013
On September 19, Comunilife broke ground on El Rio, its forthcoming supportive housing residence in the Bronx. The building will house 39 formerly homeless individuals with mental illness and 26 low-income individuals.
Upon completion in 2015, El Rio will mark Comunilife’s fourth supportive housing residence in New York City.
Thursday’s groundbreaking ceremony included a rich slate of guest speakers. Among those who took the podium were a number of elected officials, including Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., NYS Rep. Luis R. Sepúlveda, NYS Sen. Gustavo Rivera and a representative from the office of U.S. Rep. José Serrano. Also on hand to deliver remarks were Jessica Katz of the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and Comunilife President and CEO Dr. Rosa Gil.
HPD will provide Project Based Section 8 vouchers for the 39 formerly homeless residents living with mental illness. The remaining units will be available to individuals earning no more than 60% of the area median income (AMI). HPD will provide Low Income Housing Tax Credits, which will be syndicated by Red Stone Equity Partners. The agency will also provide federal HOME funding. The State will provide NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) Homeless Housing and Assistance (HHAP) funding and the Bronx Borough President will provide nearly three quarters of a million dollars.
Congratulations to Comunilife on breaking ground on its latest supportive housing residence!
Photo caption: Partners gather at the groundbreaking for El Rio, a forthcoming supportive housing residence in the Bronx. Photo courtesy of Comunilife.
Barrier Free Living Breaks Ground on First Supportive Housing Residence
Jun.05.2013
Barrier Free Living celebrated the groundbreaking of its first supportive housing residence on June 4. Barrier Free Living Apartments, located in the South Bronx, will soon offer 120 units of supportive housing for domestic violence survivors, female veterans and disabled women in a nursing home diversion program. The project will consist of two buildings: a 51-unit residence on East 138th Street and a 70-unit residence on East 139th Street. The first building will house families and the second individuals.
Last month's groundbreaking for this $42 million project included a slate of guest speakers. Among them were NYC Council Member Maria del Carmen Arroyo, Jessica Katz of the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), Joan Tally of the NYC Housing Development Corporation (HDC), Brett Hebner of the NYS Homeless Housing and Assistance Corporation (HHAC), Benjamin Warnke of Alembic Community Development, Bill Traylor of Richman Housing Resources and representatives from the office of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr.
Barrier Free Living Apartments is being developed under Mayor Bloomberg's New Housing Marketplace Plan (NHMP).
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