‘This project is about more than just housing. It\u2019s about hope, dignity and compassion,’ says pastor of ambitious $5.5M project<\/p>\n
Mapleview Community Church is getting into the affordable, supportive, transitional housing game.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, the Barrie church announced its plans\u00a0to build\u00a0a three-storey, non-profit affordable, transitional housing building, consisting of 31 bachelor units, five of them accessible. It\u2019s to provide temporary, supportive housing for individuals and families in crisis.<\/p>\n
To be located at 300 Mapleview Dr. W., east of Essa Road, it will be almost 14,367 square feet in size and done in partnership with the City of Barrie and Hollyhomes Corp., a non-profit housing provider.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis project is about more than just housing,\u201d said\u00a0Mapleview Community Church Pastor Jay Davis. \u201cIt\u2019s about hope, dignity and compassion.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis transitional housing initiative reflects our commitment to walking alongside those in need, helping them take steps toward healing, stability and permanent housing,” he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is about people who need help in our community,\u201d said Barrie Mayor Alex Nuttall. \u201cThe focus needs to be on individuals in need of support and help.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new housing will also offer access to wraparound services, including mental health support, being job ready and spiritual care.<\/p>\n
Nuttall said the project will cost $5.5 million to $6 million to build, and just more than $3 million will come from the city\u2019s community improvement plan (CIP), in per-door grant funding.<\/p>\n
Davis said the church is doing fundraising for the development, which will be built on Mapleview Community Church property. Work could begin this fall.<\/p>\n
He also said the church will be responsible for the facility\u2019s operational costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Supportive housing is a combination of affordable housing with intensive and trauma-informed co-ordinated services to help people struggling with chronic physical and mental health issues to maintain stable housing and receive appropriate health care.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis project provides more than shelter,\u201d Nuttall said. \u201cIt offers hope and security to those who need it most.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a big step. Now the wheels have to start,\u201d\u00a0Davis said\u00a0of the church taking on both the project\u2019s capital and operational costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The city\u2019s CIP\u00a0is intended to encourage rapid investment in new housing units by providing financial incentives and other programs to facilitate the development of housing supply across Barrie, with an emphasis on affordable housing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The development\u2019s site-plan agreement is being reviewed by municipal\u00a0staff, according to the city\u2019s development pages.<\/p>\n
The applicant\u00a0is\u00a0Tim Preston, Hollyhomes Corp., on behalf of Pastor James (Jay) Davis, Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, Mapleview Community Church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘This project is about more than just housing. It\u2019s about hope, dignity and compassion,’ says pastor of ambitious…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,61548,66],"class_list":["post-108220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-residential-developmentmapleview-community-churchjay-davissupportive-housing-barrie","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}