Over $12 million will go to housing projects in Western New York and the Capital Region. The projects will provide supportive housing for individuals with substance use disorders, serious mental illness and veterans in Rensselaer, Schenectady, and Chautauqua counties. They expect to create or preserve 134 units of permanent supportive housing.
They’ll be funded through the state’s Homeless Housing and Assistance Program. Recipients of the funds include YWCA of Northeastern New York in Schenectady, YWCA of the Greater Capital Region, and The Salvation Army in Jamestown.
New York has created in total more than 22,000 units of housing for the homelessness through this program.