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Supportive Housing for Populations with Special Needs |
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Issue Five:
The lack of “permanent supportive
housing” available for low-income populations with special needs.
Description: Housing availability for persons with special
needs often gets overlooked in planning for affordable housing developments in
a community. Permanent
supportive housing is affordable rental housing with support services for
low-income or homeless people and persons with disabilities, such as severe
mental illness, substance abuse, or HIV/AIDS.
Some support services are offered in the home, and some are offered in other locations in the community.
Permanent supportive housing offers two main benefits: safe, low-cost
long-term housing in the community, and support services to help residents live
healthy, independent lives.
Oak
Park is fortunate to have numerous not-for-profit organizations with the
expertise in serving special needs populations. However, the availability of
permanent supportive housing is limited.
Recommended Actions: The Village of Oak Park should
be proactive and promote the need for both project-based and scattered-site
permanent supportive housing developments throughout the Village. This would include actively soliciting
developers to develop permanent supportive housing projects in the Village,
prioritizing the use of Community Development Block Grant dollars for these
types of development, and facilitating public-private partnerships to ensure
that the most vulnerable citizens are receiving the necessary housing with
supports.
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Occupancy Housing | Affordable Housing | Racial and Economic
Diversity | Inclusionary Zoning