OTHER RESOURCES

Housing builds stable lives

Housing is an engine for stabilizing lives, strengthening familes and revitalizing the neighborhood economy.

Impact’s significant work in creating Supportive Housing has given hundreds of homeless veterans the stability and safety they need to rebuild their lives. Beginning with Hancock Manor’s 1990 conversion, Impact has produced over 70 units of housing that provide new beginnings for homeless veterans.

Impact currently has two major projects underway in Supportive Housing. Hancock Manor, a transitional housing facility housing homeless Veterans and formerly homeless families is undergoing a major renovation of 46 apartment units. In addition to new kitchens and bathrooms, a second elevator will be added, new windows and insulation will make the building more energy efficient and the building exterior will undergo a facelift. Hancock Manor will be completed by December 2010. The Dual Diagnosis Program is undergoing a major expansion to include an additional 32 beds thereby more than doubling program capacity. The Veterans Multi Housing Initiative is expected to add an additional 150 units to Impact’s inventory of Veterans’ housing by 2012.

Thirty to fifty units of new and renovated houses will be developed for affordable homeownership and fifty-nine units of affordable rental housing for senior citizens (Westmoreland Senior Apartments) are planned for development in the area in and surrounding the Heart of Kensington at the intersection of Kensington and Allegheny Avenues.

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Construction begins at Hancock Manor.