The Common City Gardens building at 333 12th St., which The City is planning to purchase in order to provide some 200 units to house homeless families.
It’s long overdue, according to advocates and service providers for homeless families. Permanent supportive housing is a model that ensures the tenant an affordable place to live, for as long as they would like, coupled with an array of social services like mental health treatment. Mary Kate Bacalao, director of external affairs and policy at Compass Family Services, said rapid rehousing can amount to “state-subsidized displacement.”
For Hamilton Families – a nonprofit that, like Compass, connects families with rapid rehousing support – a rapid rehousing client can end up as far away as Sacramento, according to Kyriell Noon, CEO of Hamilton Families. It’s difficult to stay engaged with a client that’s so far away and ensure they’re connected to support services.
And yet, in the absence of adequate permanent supportive housing, it’s the most vulnerable families that rise to the top of the priority list andThat’s why the city’s purchase of the 12th Street building would be so pivotal.
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