Reply #88: I applaud the "integrated" approach...

[OneGrassRoot]

To me, everything in our society is so fragmented, so anything that includes integration of all members of society with respect and compassion is great progress, imho. This combines affordable housing, a green approach, and a system to integrate those who are struggling the most with businesses and the rest of the neighborhood, with incentives to help one another. :)

The goal is to integrate homeless people into the community and for the building itself to provide a "revitalizing uplift" to the neighborhood, coalition president John Parvensky said. While half of the units will be reserved for coalition ...clients, the rest will lease to folks who make $35,000 or less a year. Rents will range from $250 to $600 a month.

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...the building links to the sidewalk through five storefronts where retail tenants get a rent discount if they offer jobs or training to residents.