Affordable housing offers $250 per month rent, housing for homeless, disabled patients
Woodhull II Residence, located across the street from NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull, includes 57 units designated for adults living with serious mental illness and other chronic health conditions, who can be referred by the hospital.
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A new affordable housing building in Bed-Stuy is offering stable, permanent housing for people who may otherwise face homelessness due to health-related challenges.
Woodhull II Residence, located across the street from NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull, includes 57 units designated for adults living with serious mental illness and other chronic health conditions, who can be referred by the hospital.
That's how Elvis Jordan says he was able to find his new home after an injury left him unable to work and homeless.
"I was all the way down. I was ready to give up, but they found me and unlike other promises, they really helped," he said.
The building also features 36 units for very low-income community residents - that could be as low as 30% of the Area Median Income (AMI) or roughly $250 per month.
The site will also feature wraparound services, including case management, health care integration and regular visits from health care providers that have direct access to primary care and mental health services through NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull.
Unlike other services that focus on the homeless populations, their stay is not contingent on receiving treatment, and there is no time limit on a stay.
"They stay as long as they pay their lease, as long as they want to stay, as long as they want to be a member of this community," said CommuniCare CEO Blanca Ramirez, whose group manages the facility.
She says having services located under one roof, increases success rates and take-rates for those programs.
"When people need help, they seek it, and now it is in their home," she said.
Jordan says he appreciates the support that he can get to cope with what he says was a traumatic time of being homeless and hopes more facilities can help vulnerable New Yorkers.
"We need more sites like this, because you cannot just flip a switch for people, it takes time," he said.
The building is expected to reach full occupancy by the end of April.
