ABOUT US

PROGRAMS

HOW TO HELP

HOUSING INFO

CONTACT US

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

STAFF ONLY

HOME

IN THE NEWS: Concern Builds the First Modular Single-Site Supportive
Housing Project in New York

Construction on Concern’s 65 unit Single-Site Supportive Housing Program located in Brooklyn began in the Summer of 2009. Concern MacDougal is the first Supportive Housing Program in New York to be built using modular construction. Eighty-four modules have been constructed off-site at the manufacturer’s warehouse (Capsys Corp.) and are transported to the construction site to be “stacked” onto the building’s foundation.

Concern MacDougal will provide safe, affordable housing to low-income residents of Brooklyn with psychiatric disabilities. Each resident will enjoy their own studio apartment with kitchenette and bath. The building’s plans include multiple lounges, computer room, exercise room and on-site laundry facilities. Concern anticipates construction on this project to be complete in December 2010.

Capital Financing for The MacDougal Street Apartments is being provided by HFA Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, New York State Office of Mental Health and the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York. The total anticipated development cost of this project is $21,794,519.

Concern was awarded a grant of $967,087 from the Federal Home Loan Bank’s Affordable Housing Program to help fund the project on MacDougal Street.