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New York City announces unprecedented supportive housing plan

Xinhua, November 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday announced a plan to provide 15,000 units of supportive housing over the next 15 years for those who most desperately need a roof over their head.

According to a statement released by the mayor's office, the sweeping plan will target more New Yorkers in need than previous plans, including homeless veterans, survivors of domestic violence, and homeless individuals living in the streets of the U.S. largest city.

Supportive housing is a proven cost-effective approach to deliver stability and permanently house New Yorkers struggling with mental illness, homelessness, and substance use, and it reduces reliance on homeless shelters, hospitals, mental health institutions, and incarceration, said the statement.

"Every person in supportive housing and on the road to wellness is one fewer person in a city hospital, prison or shelter," said de Blasio. "By making this historic investment, we are confronting the moral crises of homelessness and mental illness our city faces today."

Half of the 15,000 units will be newly constructed, congregate units and half scattered site units. The 7,500 congregate units are expected to cost 2.6 billion dollars over the next 15 years. Endi