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| 06 September 2011 |
 Last week, the founder of Common Ground New York, Rosanne Haggerty (pictured), joined MA Housing CEO Andrew McAnulty, the Federal Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness, Senator Mark Arbib, Federal Minister for Human Services Tanya Plibersek, NSW Minister for Family and Community Services Pru Goward and Grocon CEO Daniel Grollo on a visit to The Camperdown Project.Due to open its doors in October, the project aims to end chronic homelessness for rough sleepers in Sydney’s inner-city. Based on the successful Common Ground model from New York, it will provide permanent homes and on-site support services to help people achieve health and housing stability. This model focuses on long-term solutions to homelessness, rather than just offering a bed for the night. It provides permanent, stable accommodation along with on-site support services that give them the best chance of getting their lives back on track. Data from Common Ground New York shows that between 2005 and 2007, this approach helped to reduce homelessness by 87 per cent in the Times Square area of the city. MA Housing is the lead agency and appointed asset and tenancy manager for the project, which has been funded and coordinated by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Housing NSW, and built by Grocon. The building will house 104 units, and include space to accommodate key social services. Fifty-two units are set aside for chronically homeless people, 10 units are for general social housing tenants and 42 are for affordable housing tenants – people who are generally employed on low incomes but are not eligible for public housing. Last week Mr McAnulty told The Sydney Morning Herald that,” the idea of giving someone who has been living under a bridge, metaphorically speaking, the chance to move into an apartment with views of the Harbour Bridge symbolised what Common Ground is about.” On Wednesday, following the site visit, Ms Haggerty spoke about the Common Ground model of care at an evening function hosted by Freehills (including Partner Peter Rowe and his team), and attended by Mercy Foundation CEO Felicity Reynolds and award-winning architect Ken Maher from Hassell, the designer of the building. Read more about the project in The Sydney Morning Herald |
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