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Council hears plan to use Bloomberg grant for Providence House modular housing to double homeless capacity
Summary
The council was briefed on a Bloomberg Philanthropies $400,000 grant and a Providence House proposal to replace a warehouse with modular housing to serve homeless families and double bed capacity; officials said the full project is roughly $3 million and additional fundraising is needed.
City staff and Providence House representatives told the council that a two‑year, $400,000 grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies would support construction of modular housing intended to increase capacity for homeless families at Providence House’s downtown site.
A city official described the project as removing a roughly 10,000‑square‑foot warehouse behind a nearby building and constructing family housing on that property. “This modular housing is actually gonna be for homelessness,” the Providence…
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