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Mamdani restarts supportive housing project in NYC
The announcement was made on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and included notice of an upcoming update to a 'Request for Proposals' by the New York City Department of Health.
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Anushka Pathak - Tue, 20, Jan 2026
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani announcing the Just Home supportive housing initiative / Courtesy: YouTube/NYC Mayor's Office
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Jan. 19 that the city will restart the Just Home supportive housing initiative, reversing a decision by the previous administration to halt the project.
The plan will create 83 fully affordable apartments for formerly incarcerated individuals with complex medical needs at the campus of NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi in the Bronx.
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The development, part of the city’s Justice-Involved Supportive Housing program, will convert an underutilized building into permanent supportive housing.
Residents will include formerly incarcerated New Yorkers living with conditions such as cancer, cirrhosis, and congestive heart failure and will receive wraparound services including licensed clinical social workers, peer support from The Fortune Society, and coordinated outpatient care through Jacobi providers.
Just Home will receive US$1 million in annual funding through the Justice-Involved Supportive Housing program, which city officials say is an evidence-based model aimed at reducing returns to jail, lowering shelter use, and improving health outcomes.
FY 2025 data show that 87 percent of program participants with incarceration histories had no arrests while in supportive housing, with half remaining housed for six to 10 years.
Tenant screening will exclude individuals assessed as posing a current risk of violence or those not suited for independent living. All residents will have adjudicated cases and will be released into the community.
The announcement was made on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and included notice of an upcoming update to a 'Request for Proposals' by the New York City Department of Health.
“On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we honor a leader who named poverty as a moral crisis,” Mamdani said. “Today, I’m proud to commit my administration to Just Home, an initiative that brings housing, health care, and justice together. By housing New Yorkers who are too often left on the streets or shuttled through emergency rooms, Just Home meets our housing crisis with dignity.”
The update is expected to seek proposals for up to 190 additional supportive housing units for justice-involved New Yorkers, contributing to more than 350 units planned citywide in the coming years.
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