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Ending chronic homelessness
Knoxville and Knox County are in year three of our ten-year plan to end chronic homelessness. This plan recognizes the need to do things differently, and to coordinate local, state, and federal resources to address chronic homelessness, which is the most challenging kind, in a way that is both more cost effective and also more humane. Homelessness [...]
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Flenniken: use on review appealed
Today, Southeastern Housing Foundation, a nonprofit developer of affordable housing in Knoxville, appealed the Metropolitan Planning Commission’s June 11 denial of use on review for Flenniken Housing, a proposed 48-unit permanent supportive housing development at the old Flenniken School in South Knoxville. MPC staff had recommended approval of the Flenniken Housing proposal because it conforms to [...]
Advisory Board meeting: Friday, June 26
The Ten-Year Plan Advisory Board meets quarterly. The TYP AB is an advisory board. It offers guidance and acts as a sounding board, but does not act in a directive capacity. At every meeting, the TYP staff present a progress report. Click here to review those reports and to learn more about the AB. The TYP [...]
Number of residents in permanent supportive housing
The number of people moved off of the streets and placed in permanent supportive housing will always be one of the most important measurements of the success of our Ten-Year Plan. Retention in housing will be an even more significant measurement of success as time goes by. This is the first report we’ve posted about the [...]