A proposed permanent supportive housing project could become a reality in Plymouth.
Compliance and Quality Assurance Manager for The Bradley Company Mary Gibson told the Plymouth City Council that the focus is to stop the cycle of homelessness.
“The Plymouth Supportive Housing is considered long-term housing which ties in support services to homeless households so that they can be successfully independent,” said Gibson. “Without the support services, the same households that we’ve housed will go back and cycle through homelessness.”
Gibson said there is a homelessness issue in the City of Plymouth.
The tenants will include those who currently live in an emergency shelter, in a place that is not designed for human habitation, in transitional housing, in a hospital or other institution, or are being discharged from an institution. A focus also includes those who have disabilities and homeless families with children.
Rent will be subsidized based on income.
So far, $2.1 million has been gathered through funds to construct the first phase of the supportive housing project. Officials are proposing a two-story building to include 18 housing units will be constructed at 301 Liberty Street and diagonally positioned across from the current Garden Court East complex.
The company also hopes to include a mixed-use building, proposed daycare building and a pocket neighborhood in future plans.
Depending on funding, construction could begin next year with residents moving in in the Spring of 2019.
No action was taken by the Plymouth City Council after her presentation.
