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Tag Archives: permanent supportive housing

Norfolk’s Ten-Year Plan: Doing what it should

August 29, 2008 – 7:52 am

People here sometimes ask the question, “Are there examples of other cities who are using Ten-Year Plans to address homelessness? Others that are doing permanent supportive housing?” The answer is “Yes,” and here’s a good example. Norfolk VA is a city not far from Knoxville. Like Knoxville, Norfolk has a Ten-Year Plan. It’s working. According [...]

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Meanwhile, over on Broadway and Eighth,…

August 18, 2008 – 2:58 pm

The former Fifth Avenue Motel is probably Knoxville’s most notorious flophouse. Volunteer Ministry Center now owns that property, and is moving towards rehabilitating the historic structure into Minvilla Manor, an apartment building with 57 units of permanent supportive housing for people who are chronically homeless. Minvilla Manor is not without controversy. It’s expensive, largely because [...]

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“…we are the largest mental health facility in East Tennessee.”

August 7, 2008 – 9:44 am

Many people who are chronically homeless are mentally ill. They also have frequent interactions with the law enforcement system. They get arrested a lot, and many of them tend to spend a lot of time in jail. ““Probably about $400,000 a year is what we spend just on psychotropic drugs to treat the mentally ill. [...]

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Minvilla: Where we’re at, what we’re doing

July 18, 2008 – 4:22 pm

Thanks to Katie Granju at KnoxvilleTalks for this post. It is possible that this dialog might turn out to be helpful, too, although…well. We’ll see. The old 5th Avenue Motel on the corner of 5th & Broadway has been a rough spot for a long time. You can find all kinds of stuff about it [...]

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Minvilla announces historic designation

June 19, 2008 – 4:27 pm

The Sentinel’s J.J. Stambaugh brings you this story today. When it opens its doors, Minvilla Manor will house up to 57 people who had been chronically homeless. Minvilla’s residents will be people who have chosen to seek help to get off the streets. Permanently. If you’d like to know more about them, and why permanent [...]

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Q & A: Flenniken Housing

May 20, 2008 – 12:17 pm

Last night the TYP was the main event at a meeting in Vestal. Joe Hultquist, City Councilman for the First District, hosted the meeting, which was almost entirely concerned with the TYP’s proposed plan to renovate the old Flenniken School to make it available for permanent supportive housing for people who are chronically homeless. Jon [...]

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Housing for the homeless: positive effect on property values?

March 12, 2008 – 7:34 am

We know that permanent supportive housing makes economic sense. It’s less expensive to provide a home, with support services, to a homeless person than it is to support that same person on the street. We also know it’s more humane than just making homelessness more comfortable. Check out our FAQ to learn more about why [...]

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Housing First happening in Knox

December 26, 2007 – 11:24 am

Housing First is the cornerstone of our Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness. Americans have offered help of many kinds to homeless people. One kind of help we’ve offered in most places is the opportunity to gain access to some sort of housing. Usually, that access was conditioned on the homeless person jumping through various [...]

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