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A camp in the Cedar Bluff area, about a dozen miles away from our so-called “mission district,” that was used by people who are homeless has apparently been destroyed. WVLT covers the story here.
This story discredits the myth that homelessness is not an issue that directly effects Knoxville’s and Knox County’s suburbs. There are [...]
A: “We all are.”
Check out WATE’s story on the cost of emergency medical transportation, and its heavy utilization by people who are homeless. Since April of this year, as of air time for this story, ambulances responded to 523 emergency calls from the 400 block of Broadway, where many people who are homeless seek shelter, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
April 28, 2009 – 11:40 am
On March 30, the TYP began to engage in an important conversation with the community about permanent supportive housing.
In order for permanent housing to succeed, it must be developed and operated in such a way that it serves the interests of PSH residents AND the interests of their neighbors. If both sets of interests can [...]
City Council has approved the contracts governing allocations of funding for Minvilla Manor. This means that the funding is secured for this complicated and difficult project.
The News-Sentinel’s Hayes Hickman has been covering the Minvilla saga and reports here.
If you want to know more about the project, you can visit our Minvilla website. This is cross [...]
As reported here last Friday, Minvilla Manor, the permanent supportive housing project at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Broadway, will be re-bid.
Minvilla was originally advertised through invitations to pre-qualified firms and in professional forums. It was not publicly advertised in the newspaper because that was not required. Four construction companies bid on the project [...]
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 [...]
Last night’s public meeting to discuss permanent supportive housing was a good start to what our office hopes will continue to be a productive conversation about how permanent supportive housing developments and residents, and neighborhoods in which they are located, can be good neighbors to each other.
Background
You may recall that, back in December 2008, the [...]