Phillips Park
Building Program Continues
Across the street from the
Oakland Avenue entrance to LSS' Minneapolis Service Center at 2414 Park
Avenue, crews are moving quickly on the construction of 12 new,
three-bedroom town homes. As part of the LSS Housing First program, these
town homes, owned by LSS and sponsored by the Phillips Park Initiative,
will offer permanent housing to families who are moving from welfare to
self-sufficiency.
The town homes are subsidized
housing units and will provide permanent housing for the parents and
children who will reside in these units. This type of housing is called
"service enriched housing," since there will be access to supportive help
for those families who need it. These services may include rental and
employment skills, as well as family and parenting skills. The development
is modeled after a concept called Housing First, meaning that families can
become stable and functional only when they have permanent housing; a
permanent place to live becomes the first priority.
The first families are
expected to move into the town home units in December 2003.
