Southern Tier Organizations Obtain Awards for Supportive Housing

Three organizations within the Southern Tier have acquired awards from New York State to protect as much as 5,000 models of supportive housing.

In response to a press release from New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, three Southern Tier organizations have acquired conditional awards as a part of the state’s five-year, $25 billion plan to protect 10,000 models of supportive housing. That covers housing models that serve older adults, survivors of home and gender-based violence, veterans, chronically homeless households and people with a psychological sickness or substance use dysfunction.

Within the Southern Tier, the Younger Girls’s Christian Affiliation of Binghamton and Broome County, Inc. acquired three awards, the Corning Council for Help and Info for the Disabled acquired two awards, and Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester acquired two awards. In complete, 125 awards have been issued throughout the seventh spherical of funding for the plan.

Awarded funds can be utilized for rental help and companies to eligible goal populations to make sure their housing stability. Initiatives can obtain as much as $25,000 per unit per 12 months to function everlasting supportive housing models.

Within the press launch, Governor Hochul said “All New Yorkers ought to have a protected, inexpensive place to name dwelling, particularly probably the most susceptible amongst us. The Empire State Supporting Housing Initiative continues to be a vital part in our efforts to deal with the basis causes of housing instability and offering those that expertise homelessness with the companies they will depend on to reside safely in unbiased settings.”

The venture’s purpose is to create or protect 100,000 inexpensive housing models throughout New York State.