{"id":10276,"date":"2025-10-21T03:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T03:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/10276\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T03:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T03:03:08","slug":"affordable-housing-lifts-bronx-man-out-of-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/10276\/","title":{"rendered":"Affordable housing lifts Bronx man out of homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2014 A Bronx man who once faced homelessness now has his very own apartment, thanks to one of the city\u2019s newest 100 percent affordable housing developments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His building is called The Plains at 4519 White Plains Road, a residence run by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doe.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Doe Fund;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Doe Fund<\/a> that\u2019s helping to break cycles of homelessness and rebuild lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:More Local News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> More Local News <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For Eric McClendon, this new home represents a dream come true after years of struggling with unstable housing and unsafe living conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At The Plains, residents don\u2019t just get a home they also gain a support system. The Doe Fund provides job training, counseling, and community programs to help tenants thrive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Doe Fund currently operates a dozen <a href=\"https:\/\/housingconnect.nyc.gov\/PublicWeb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:supportive housing buildings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">supportive housing buildings<\/a> across the city, with three more planned in the Bronx and one in Brooklyn, creating hundreds of new affordable homes for New Yorkers working toward stability and opportunity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2014 A Bronx man who once faced homelessness now has his very own apartment, thanks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,2000,9,24,63,8437,129,131,130,8436],"class_list":{"0":"post-10276","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-homelessness","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-supportive-housing","14":"tag-the-bronx","15":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","16":"tag-the-bronx-news","17":"tag-the-doe-fund"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}