There is a clear need for permanent supportive housing, but also a long history of not-in-my-backyard attitudes.
, the region now has $42.5 million to spend on permanent supportive housing.
carried out in March. “Chronically homeless” means someone has been homeless for at least one year and has a disabling condition, which can include a substance abuse disorder, serious mental illness, developmental disability or chronic physical illness or disability.But housing first “does not mean housing only,” Nikisha Baker, president and CEO of SAMMinistries, which has nearly 180 such units scattered throughout the city.
Simply presenting neighborhoods with the facts about safety and outcomes rarely changes minds, Baker acknowledged. “A logical response to an emotional reaction … don’t go well together.”Earlier this year, a permanent supportive housing development of 80 small apartments on San Pedro Avenue was abandoned after significant opposition from the Five Points Neighborhood Association.
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