Committee approves contract with developer for 24-unit Healey Homes shelter and supportive-housing project

Sep 15, 2026

Board approved a five-year agreement to place shelter residents in a new 24-room Healey Homes facility in Columbia County; commissioners questioned the $132 nightly rate, an annual $1.15M cost projection and a 29% reimbursement assumption before voting to carry the resolution.

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The committee voted to approve a proposal from a developer for Healey Homes, a newly constructed 24-unit facility intended to provide shelter and supportive services to county residents. The developer said the site is on a transit line, includes on-site clinicians and caseworkers, security features and monitoring that connects to the sheriff's office, and was designed for transition to longer-term studio apartments if needed.

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