Eva’s Village plans fifty (50) units housing units for “chronically homeless, people moving from substance-abuse and recovery programs and individuals living with AIDS - people who housing advocates say are often overlooked in an already tight housing market.” The article in the Herald News by Denisa R. Superville [Email address: superville #AT# northjersey.com - replace #AT# with @ ] provided an overview of the significance of Eva’s Village Apartments. This project was one of twelve to receive tax credit financing from HMFA.
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These are some of key paragraphs from the article.
“It’s almost impossible to find something that’s affordable, that’s clean, that’s drug-free, that’s safe for somebody at the level of a lower income,” said Barbara Niziol, a government and community relations specialist at Eva’s Village, the city-based nonprofit that provides housing, drug treatment and health programs. “[There are] families coming out of our shelters who have to share apartments to be able to be out there on their own. That’s a really sad state of affairs.”
The organization plans to create 50 low-income apartments in a former factory on Spring Street. Twenty-six of the apartments will be reserved for people with special needs, including the chronically homeless, people moving from substance-abuse and recovery programs and individuals living with AIDS - people who housing advocates say are often overlooked in an already tight housing market.
This week, the state awarded the project $1.8 million in tax credits and other housing funds.
“It would really help an extremely underserved population,” Niziol said.
“Housing is difficult enough for almost everyone now, especially for those with special needs. When we look at the amount of homeless who are out on the street, people who are sharing apartments, people who are looking for places to live, the numbers are tremendous.”Housing advocates say projects providing permanent shelter first and then supportive programs later are sorely needed in Passaic County, especially in Paterson.
This is part of a philosophy in the housing community called Housing First, an approach to ending homelessness that stresses getting the needy into permanent housing first and then providing social support to address the root causes of their homelessness…
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Tags: Ending Homelessness, Eva's Village, Housing First, Low-Income-Housing-Tax-Credits, Supportive Housing
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