Categories: Press
11.06.2013
New pieces run in NY1, Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Next City and more
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News outlets have begun to take notice of New York’s housing revolution. Last year, our state became the first in the nation to fund supportive housing as a means of lowering Medicaid expenses. New York did so through the Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) Supportive Housing Initiative, a transformative program that represents the largest new funding stream for supportive housing in New York since the 2005 New York/New York III Agreement. The initiative commits a minimum of $75 million a year for three years to create supportive housing for high-cost Medicaid recipients.
To date, New York State has provided over $46 million in capital to fund 483 supportive housing units in 12 buildings.
NY1 was the most recent news outlet to cover this story. Earlier this week, the station ran the below profile of Boston Road, a soon-to-be supportive housing development that received MRT funding.
The construction of Boston Road has inspired several similar articles in the press. The New York Daily News ran this piece in conjunction with the ground-breaking of the residence, while Next City published this interview with Common Ground Executive Director Brenda Rosen on Boston Road and its potential to lower the state’s Medicaid costs.
The last few months have also seen articles on MRT supportive housing in the Wall Street Journal and the Utica Observer-Dispatch. The Washington Post also ran a lengthy feature on its Wonkblog over the weekend on the benefits of providing supportive housing for “frequent fliers” of emergency public services.
Lastly, the Huffington Post ran an op-ed this week on New York’s innovative plan to reduce Medicaid expenses and improve the quality of care provided to formerly homeless individuals. The piece was written by our friend Terri Ludwig, the President and CEO of Enterprise Community Partners. You can read it here.
These articles, we believe, are just the beginning. We look forward to more articles and discussions in the months to come as New Yorkers take notice of the life-changing, cost-saving benefits of supportive housing!