ITHACA, N.Y. — A 60-unit affordable housing complex aimed at helping people with mental health needs, people experiencing homelessness, and people with low-income budgets is coming to fruition thanks to money invested from throughout Tompkins County.
West End Heights is a 60-unit facility that will be built at 709-713 W. Court St. and 326-328 N. Meadow St. in the City of Ithaca.
Twenty of the units are for people with a mental health diagnosis, and an additional 10 units are for people with a diagnosis who are also experiencing homelessness. The remaining 30 units are affordable housing with eight units for “homeless or unstably housed individuals who may also have special needs relating to substance abuse and/or HIV/AIDS,” plans state.
Last Wednesday night, Ithaca Common Council unanimously voted to spend $150,000 to help fund the project. The vote comes after the Tompkins County Legislature also unanimously voted in December to provide $100,000.
District 13 Legislator Martha Robertson said, “This is a great project. We’re excited that they’re moving ahead.”
She said the project, being proposed by Lakeview Health Services will be a supportive living facility with an area for staff to be on-site. On the first floor of the building, an office space will be available for both residents and other Lakeview clients.