Last night’s public meeting about the Ten-Year Plan and permanent supportive housing was very well-attended (we’ll post some follow-up to the meeting here by the end of the day tomorrow). We hope the same will be true for tonight’s joint City Council/County Commission workshop which is open to the public.
One goal of this workshop is to start a process for defining the siting considerations that would inform location of permanent supportive housing developments in various parts of the city and county to meet TYP objectives.
Another other goal is to help define the guidelines by which developers of this housing will engage neighborhoods where such housing may be located. A good process for neighborhood engagement is critical to the success of the TYP’s efforts to develop necessary permanent supportive housing stock.
At tonight’s meeting, as at last night’s, Tim Klont from the Corporation for Supportive Housing will speak about what permanent supportive housing is, how effective it is, how it affects property values, the different models of development, how different communities site this type of housing, and other points of interest. After his presentation, Mr. Klont will answer questions.
The TYP is committed to a scattered-site approach to developing housing to end chronic homelessness. In order to reach its goal of creating 400 units of permanent supportive housing, the TYP will need to encourage construction and/or rehabilitation of perhaps a dozen or more apartment complexes scattered across the city and county.
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Where’s the follow up?
I’m running behind, Rachel, and pushed that down on my list to work on minvilla.org. I’ll get it posted today. Sorry for the delay.