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Two proposed Raleigh housing developments for persons recovering from substance abuse were approved last month for more than $700,000 from the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency. Statewide, the agency awarded $1.89 million to six supportive housing developments.
The Raleigh projects are Passage Home Job’s Journey, $405,735; and The Healing Place for Women & Children, $300,000.
“These two excellent projects will help men and women recovering from substance abuse to make their way back into productive roles,” said Lucius Jones, chairman of the N.C. Housing Finance Agency. “They have the power to change lives and to improve our community.” Jones noted that the state’s primary funding source for projects such as these is the Housing Trust Fund, which received a $5-million appropriation from the General Assembly in July.
Passage Home Job’s Journey will provide permanent rental apartments for 20 men who have graduated from the Healing Place of Wake County ’s substance abuse recovery program. The apartments are being developed in South Raleigh by Passage Home, Inc., a Raleigh nonprofit organization that provides crisis support for families in transition. The $1.2-million development will receive a $200,000 grant and a zero-interest loan of $205,000 from the N.C. Housing Finance Agency. The 950-square-foot apartments will rent for $250 a month, plus utilities.
The Healing Place Women & Children’s Facility is a $4.4-million project to convert a former office building into a treatment center providing 88 beds for homeless women recovering from substance abuse and their children. The facility will provide detox and a 12-step, mutual help recovery program, similar to the program it already operates for men. The Housing Finance Agency’s $300,000 grant will help pay construction costs.
Other developments receiving funding were:
Elkin, The Ark , $234,650, for transitional housing for homeless families and single women, to be built by Echo Ministry, Inc.
Elizabeth City, Albemarle Hopeline Shelter, $500,000 for a nine-bed emergency shelter for homeless women and children who are victims of domestic violence, sponsored by Albemarle Hopeline, Inc.
Mecklenburg County, Mental Health Association of North Carolina, $75,000 for eight units of permanent housing for persons with mental disabilities in Mecklenburg County.
Shelby, Charles Road Apartments, Phase 2, $363,440 for a group home and apartments for seven persons with developmental disabilities and mental illness, sponsored by HOME Living Opportunities, Inc.
The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency is a self-supporting public agency. Since 1974, it has financed more than 163,000 affordable homes and apartments.
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