Supportive Housing: Buildings Rebuilding Lives
Tuesday, Apr 14, 201511:09 PMEDT
| The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place New York, NY
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A measure of any great city is how effectively it cares for its most vulnerable residents. When Mayor Bill de Blasio laid out a 10-year plan to build or preserve 200,000 affordable apartments across all five boroughs, the $41 billion Housing New York: A Five-Borough, Ten-Year Plan included key initiatives for supportive housing. As part of this Plan, the City has allocated a record amount of capital funding to develop senior and supportive housing. Investment in housing that is accompanied by supportive services yields significant taxpayer savings by reducing demand for high-cost shelters, hospitals, and other emergency resources. The City will seek to renew its partnership with the State to expand the development of supportive housing and to broaden the populations it serves. New York City leads the nation in the development of supportive housing, affordable housing with on-site social services for formerly homeless individuals and families living with disabilities and other barriers. Since the advent of the supportive housing in NYC three decades ago, the model has expanded from serving homeless individuals living with mental illness to people living with HIV/AIDS, families with a history of domestic violence, youth aging out of foster care, homeless veterans and other vulnerable populations. The cost effectiveness of giving people housing and services has convinced government to continue to invest in it, but it’s the innovative and high quality design and construction that has helped communities welcome this housing to their neighborhoods. Supportive housing offers architects the opportunity to not just design beautiful buildings, but create the space for people to rebuild their lives. A panel of policy experts, tenants, nonprofit developers and architects will discuss the past, present and future of supportive housing, and the importance of thoughtful design. New York City leads the nation in the development of supportive housing, affordable housing with on-site social services for formerly homeless individuals and families living with disabilities and other barriers. Since the advent of the supportive housing in NYC three decades ago, the model has expanded from serving homeless individuals living with mental illness to people living with HIV/AIDS, families with a history of domestic violence, youth aging out of foster care, homeless veterans and other vulnerable populations. The cost effectiveness of giving people housing and services has convinced government to continue to invest in it, but it’s the innovative and attractive design and construction that has helped communities welcome this housing to their neighborhoods. Supportive housing offers architects the opportunity to not just design beautiful buildings, but create the space for people who have lost everything to rebuild their lives. A panel of policy experts, tenants, nonprofit developers and architects will discuss the past, present and future of supportive housing, and the importance of thoughtful design. Speakers: Elissa Winzelberg, FAIA, Director of Design and Construction at Common Ground Jonathan Kirschenfeld, AIA founder of the Institute for Public Architecture and principal at Jonathan Kirschenfield Architect PC Moderator: Nicole Branca, Deputy Executive Director, Supportive Housing Network of New York The Center for Architecture
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