#supportive-housing — Public Fediverse posts
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The city was honored for its role in a $15.6 million supportive housing project under construction. Separately, Tierra del Sol director Rose Garcia was presented with a lifetime achievement award.
https://www.abqjournal.com/business/article_1ee889b7-2296-4a02-9de4-9a789f4462b5.html
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The city was honored for its role in a $15.6 million supportive housing project under construction. Separately, Tierra del Sol director Rose Garcia was presented with a lifetime achievement award.
https://www.abqjournal.com/business/article_1ee889b7-2296-4a02-9de4-9a789f4462b5.html
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#NewYork - Services for the UnderServed using #UrbanGardens to target food insecurity
The initiative has been so successful that Services for the UnderServed plans to include gardens in all future developments.
Rob Flaks, Jul 17, 2025
"In a city where food and housing insecurity often go hand in hand, Services for the UnderServed (S:US) is planting solutions for both at the same time.
"At a supportive housing complex in #BedStuy, residents are tending to one of the first urban gardens launched by S:US back in 2011. The garden features edible plants, flowers, and even beehives producing fresh honey, - all maintained by the tenants themselves." 'To be able to garden, get your hands dirty—it’s an amazing resource I hope all of our community has access to,' said Mike Hollis, vice president of #FoodInsecurity at S:US.
"The initiative has been so successful that S:US plans to include gardens in all future developments. 'When you have that foundation of #HousingSecurity and #FoodSecurity, it gives people the stability to take the next steps in wellness, employment and personal growth,' Hollis said.
"The Bed-Stuy building, which offers stabilized rent for individuals with disabilities and serious health conditions, is home to 54 residents. For tenant Yussuf Salam, the garden has been life-changing. 'I got into the garden, I went to school—you learn things about yourself,' he said."But the gardens are just one of over 30 such properties in the borough, with a total of 1,484 housing units. But their latest project is taking root in #EastNewYork, where the organization is developing #Alafia, one of its largest projects to date.
"Alafia is a multiphased, mixed-use development on a 28.5-acre site in the #SpringCreek area. Once complete, it will include 2,400 units of #AffordableHousing and #SupportiveHousing, a health clinic, community and commercial spaces, manufacturing facilities and over 11 acres of publicly #accessible open space.
"Alafia is currently partially opened with 452 affordable housing units for tenants—many of whom are formerly homeless or living with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
"Those behind the project say projects like these are the size and scope they need to tackle our boroughs housing crisis.
" 'That is such an opportunity for the organization and the borough to expand the work, giving people dignified housing and spaces to grow their own food,' Hollis said."Just like in Bed-Stuy, any surplus produce from Alafia’s gardens will be donated to local #CommunityFridges, ensuring that the benefits extend beyond the housing sites themselves."
#SolarPunkSunday #UrbanGardens #UrbanPlanning #GreenSpace #GrowYourOwn #GreenTime
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#NewYork - Services for the UnderServed using #UrbanGardens to target food insecurity
The initiative has been so successful that Services for the UnderServed plans to include gardens in all future developments.
Rob Flaks, Jul 17, 2025
"In a city where food and housing insecurity often go hand in hand, Services for the UnderServed (S:US) is planting solutions for both at the same time.
"At a supportive housing complex in #BedStuy, residents are tending to one of the first urban gardens launched by S:US back in 2011. The garden features edible plants, flowers, and even beehives producing fresh honey, - all maintained by the tenants themselves." 'To be able to garden, get your hands dirty—it’s an amazing resource I hope all of our community has access to,' said Mike Hollis, vice president of #FoodInsecurity at S:US.
"The initiative has been so successful that S:US plans to include gardens in all future developments. 'When you have that foundation of #HousingSecurity and #FoodSecurity, it gives people the stability to take the next steps in wellness, employment and personal growth,' Hollis said.
"The Bed-Stuy building, which offers stabilized rent for individuals with disabilities and serious health conditions, is home to 54 residents. For tenant Yussuf Salam, the garden has been life-changing. 'I got into the garden, I went to school—you learn things about yourself,' he said."But the gardens are just one of over 30 such properties in the borough, with a total of 1,484 housing units. But their latest project is taking root in #EastNewYork, where the organization is developing #Alafia, one of its largest projects to date.
"Alafia is a multiphased, mixed-use development on a 28.5-acre site in the #SpringCreek area. Once complete, it will include 2,400 units of #AffordableHousing and #SupportiveHousing, a health clinic, community and commercial spaces, manufacturing facilities and over 11 acres of publicly #accessible open space.
"Alafia is currently partially opened with 452 affordable housing units for tenants—many of whom are formerly homeless or living with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
"Those behind the project say projects like these are the size and scope they need to tackle our boroughs housing crisis.
" 'That is such an opportunity for the organization and the borough to expand the work, giving people dignified housing and spaces to grow their own food,' Hollis said."Just like in Bed-Stuy, any surplus produce from Alafia’s gardens will be donated to local #CommunityFridges, ensuring that the benefits extend beyond the housing sites themselves."
#SolarPunkSunday #UrbanGardens #UrbanPlanning #GreenSpace #GrowYourOwn #GreenTime
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People say: Do something!
Government &/or community services propose/plan something
Then people say: No! Can't put supportive housing, shelters & sometimes low income housing anywhere near near us.
#homelessness #SupportiveHousing
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/richmond-permanent-supportive-housing-opposition-1.7281965 -
#VictoriaBC council paved the way this week for a 40-unit permanent #SupportiveHousing facility in #VicWest, despite neighbourhood opposition.
With vague promises that “this will be better” than a previous temporary shelter at the site, council adopted new bylaws & amended the official #CommunityPlan for the #housing project at 225 Russell St.
#YYJpoli #NIMBYism #BreakStigmas #LearnToCoexist #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #HousingFirst #SocialHousing
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British Columbia’s new supportive housing rules cite safety but reduce tenant freedom
Tenants will no longer be able to dispute wellness checks or guest bans under Residential Tenancy Act
>>> The supportive housing environment is much more challenging than other apartment buildings & everyone needs to be safe
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I agree and worked at Victoria Cool Aid Society for 15 years
Supportive housing facilities are challenging to manage and housing non-profits do require some special rights to make them safe for everyone
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New British Columbia supportive housing regulations get mixed reaction from organizations
Changes allow staff to control who enters housing facilities, and to enter a unit to check on resident’s health and safety
#SupportiveHousing #safety #HumanRights #overdose #guns #bcpoli #VicCoolAid #OPS #Pacifica #TAPS #vicpoli #RTA
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Downtown housing opens for people experiencing homelessness in Victoria
The six-storey building features 46 studio units
The six-storey building is called the Juniper and features 46 studio units located at 1176 Yates Street
#homelessness #homeless #housing #SupportiveHousing #yyjpoli #bcpoli
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Global News BC: B.C. Supreme Court rules against Vancouver group’s challenge to supportive-housing project https://globalnews.ca/news/10099423/arbutus-housing-challenge-dismissed/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #SupportiveHousing #B.C.SupremeCourt #Politics #Homeless #Housing
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Global News BC: ‘It’s a shame’: Vancouver builder says red tape killed DTES social housing project https://globalnews.ca/news/9972876/dtes-red-tape-social-housing/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #SupportiveHousing #DowntownEastside #CityofVancouver #socialhousing #B.C.Housing #Development #Developer #Vancouver #Housing #redtape #Canada #DTES
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The Tyee: Supportive Housing Is Meant to Help Tenants Stay Housed. It's Not Always Working https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/04/Supportive-Housing-Help-Tenants-Stay-Housed/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #Peer2PeerIndigenousSociety #supportivehousingevictions #SupportiveHousingflaws #Supportivehousing #NicoleChaland #DaniSchroyen #KarenMills
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Global News BC: ‘Worst of community-based housing’: B.C. psychologist slams SRO model https://globalnews.ca/news/9683071/sfu-professor-psychologist-slams-bc-sro/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #mentalhealthandaddictions #bcsupportivehousing #BChousingsolutions #complexcarehousing #wraparoundservices #SupportiveHousing #BCHousingCrisis #BCHousingMarket #BChomelessness #BCHousing #Politics #SROs
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Global News BC: Reopened SRO, newly-purchased building to offer 200 units of Vancouver social housing: Ministry https://globalnews.ca/news/9616763/new-social-housing-vancouver/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #VancouverHomelessness #ministryofhousing #SupportiveHousing #Vancouverhomeless #vancouverhouising #socialhousing #B.C.Housing #Homeless #Housing #Canada
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Newly added to the Trade-Free Directory:
ALONE
ALONE is a charity organization in Ireland which was set-up to highlight the issues facing older people living alone. Founded in 1977 by Willie Bermingham, the charity seeks to help elderly people living on their own who may feel isolated and lonely, and to “connect [them] with the necessary support services in their community”. The name ALONE in an acronym of the words “A Little Offering Never Ends”.
ALONE states that it “works with the 1 in 5 older people who are homeless, socially isolated, living in deprivation or in crisis”. The charity provides supportive housing, “befriending” services, community response and campaigning services to older people
#befriending-services #community-response-and-campaigning-services-to-older-people-in-ireland #supportive-housing
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Global News BC: Advocates say B.C. falling short on transitional housing for domestic violence victims https://globalnews.ca/news/9540136/transition-housing-backlog-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #IntimatePartnerViolence #AffordableHousing #SupportiveHousing #TransitionHousing #DomesticViolence #long-termhousing #Women'sShelter #Femicide #Housing #Shelter #Canada
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Global News BC: $6-billion ask: Housing support needed for Indigenous people living away from community https://globalnews.ca/news/9503666/housing-support-indigenous-people/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #AboriginalHousingManagementAssociation #NationalIndigenoushousingprogram #AboriginalMotherCentreSociety #HomelessnessPrevention #IndigenousHousing #SupportiveHousing #housingsupport #Perspectives #Funding #Canada #Policy
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"Research shows it costs taxpayers $31,065 a year to criminalize a single person experiencing homelessness while the yearly cost for providing supportive housing is $10,051."
https://housingmatters.urban.org/feature/homeless-encampment-sweeps-may-be-draining-your-citys-budget?&utm_source=%20urban_newsletters&utm_medium=news-HHM&utm_term=HHM#Housing #SupportiveHousing #AffordableHousing #Homelessness #Toronto #TOpoli #CityHall #TOCouncil #Budget