Last week, we celebrated the culmination of our fourth Texas Supportive Housing Institute (Institute) in Dallas where Institute participants, funders, and supporters gathered to watch final presentations from each team.
Launched in 2020, the Institute is offered in partnership with the Corporation for Supportive Housing. Designed to promote the development of permanent supportive housing (PSH), the Institute provides developers, property managers, and service providers with the training and tools they need to build successful PSH developments in their local communities.
The teams detailed below began the Institute with an in-person kick-off in October 2024 followed by three months of intensive, virtual training. Last week's finale served as a graduation for the participants following their "project reveal" showcase. The respective names of their projects are included below next to team names.
We're grateful the teams participated in the Institute at no cost thanks to the generous support from these funders: Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, Dominium, Texas Community Bank, Regions Bank, Insperity, Frost Bank, Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, Vecino Group, and Capital Impact Partners.
Brownsville Housing Opportunity Corporation - Hope Place
The Brownsville Housing Opportunity Corporation is partnering with Friendship of Women and Versa Development to bring Hope Place to life, a 212-unit community that will replace Buena Vida, a housing authority complex that dates back to 1939. Fifty units will be set aside for PSH and will be designed to serve victims of domestic violence and abuse. It will provide office space for Friendship of Women, other retail space, and amenities for residents. With financing fully secured, the community is set to break ground in April 2025.
Denton Affordable Housing Corporation - McAdams Haven
Denton Affordable Housing Corporation (DHAC) will develop McAdams Haven, an 84-unit PSH community that will serve those experiencing chronic homelessness with disabilities. The numerous onsite amenities include a library, workout facility, cyber lounge, community kitchen, gathering space, telehealth space, and outdoor recreation space. These amenities along with services provided by Denton County MHMR Center, Denton Community Food Center, United Way of Denton County, etc. will offer residents an opportunity to holistically transform their lives. O-SDA Industries is providing their development services expertise to assist the project.
Family Eldercare (Austin) - Cairn Point
Family Eldercare, alongside the Vecino Group, will develop Cairn Point, a 150-unit senior community featuring 65 units of integrated PSH, 15 of which will be fully accessible for those with hearing or visual impairments. The community is designed to serve the most vulnerable seniors and will offer onsite services that provide resident care coordination and promote housing stability. Other community enhancements include a a community room, business center, fitness center, laundry facilities, bicycle storage, and more. With financing fully secured, the development will break ground in spring 2025.
Home Point (Dallas) - Cleveland Point and Williams Point
Home Point is proposing two developments to serve vulnerable South Dallas residents. In partnership with a faith-based partner, the organization itends to build Cleveland Point, a 24-unit PSH community for seniors that will provide services, flexible community space, and amenities. Home Point is also working with a corporate partner to develop Williams Point, a 57-unit PSH senior community with a separate amenity building across 2.36 acres. Home Point is in the process of securing required City approvals as well as capital to build these communities.
SAMMinistries (San Antonio) - The Commons at Acequia Trails
SAMMinistries, in partnership with the Vecino Group, will develop The Commons at Acequia Trails which will consist of 210 newly constructed apartments for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness. The community will sit within Brooks City Base, a sprawling campus that is home to more than 50 businesses and 5,300 employees and provides easy access to public transportation, grocery stores, parks, health care, and numerous options for social and recreational activities. The development will include a mix of studio and one-bedroom units and will have its own supportive service facility with medical and dental clinics, client accessible workspace for the case management team, community activity spaces, a park, and other amenities to support the resident wellness and connection. The development is scheduled to break ground in April 2025.
Tracy Andrus Foundation (Marshall) - Eagle Falls
The Tracy Andrus Foundation intends to develop an 84-unit PSH community that will serve those experiencing chronic homelessness, frequent users of emergency systems, Veterans, single parents, transition aged youth, victims of domestic violeance, and other vulnerable persons. Services for residents will include employment support, health services, substance use recovery services, life skills training, self care services, and more. Onsite amenities like a playground, gardens, and media room will enhance the community experience for residents of all ages. The Vecino Group is also providing development services support to this team.
The Institute may be done, but these teams still have work ahead. Their next steps inculde applying for a quality endorsement certificate from CSH to ensure their community represents the higest standards in PSH, accessing ongoing technical assistance to address issues as they arise, and procuring necessary approvals from local jurisdictions as well as securing capital to build their developments. We look forward to supporting them along this journey as they seek to support the most vulnerable in their communities.
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