Expanding Permanent Supportive Housing is Essential to Robust Social Safety Net

• By: Ralph Fasano, MA, MEd Concern Housing
• January 22nd, 2024
• affordable housing, chronic homelessness, economic crisis, homelessness, housing instability, supportive housing, systemic discrimination, Winter 2024 Issue, workforce development, zoning regulations
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The current housing climate leaves millions of Americans at risk of housing instability or homelessness – and it is those who are living with mental and physical health challenges that are the most vulnerable. As communities battle the ever-escalating “cost-of-living” and a rising economic...

Recovery Begins with Housing

• By: Ralph Fasano, MA, MEd Concern for Independent Living
• October 1st, 2017
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Concern for Independent Living, a leading non-profit provider of supportive housing, held a Ribbon Cutting/Grand Opening Ceremony on June 30, 2017 to celebrate the opening of Concern Bergen, a 90-unit supportive housing development for persons with disabilities and families in need of affordable...

Ending Veteran Homelessness on Long Island

• By: Ralph Fasano, MA, MEd Concern for Independent Living
• July 1st, 2014
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In 2011 President Obama, Department of Defense Secretary Eric Shinseki and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan announced a five-year plan to end veteran homelessness in the United States. The announcement was backed up by record funds to help achieve this goal. VASH vouchers (Veterans Administration...

Suffolk Agency Expands into Brooklyn

• By: Ralph Fasano, MA, MEd Concern for Independent Living
• January 1st, 2012
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After over 25 years of developing primarily small, scattered site projects in Suffolk County, Concern for Independent Living is pleased to open The Rochester Avenue Apartments, our first Single-Site Supportive Housing program in Brooklyn. Using New York New York III funding, this 65-unit apartment...