For homeless people, the journey to a home of their own can be challenging.
A new south Fort Worth apartment complex operated by the Presbyterian Night Shelter is providing transitional housing to help them thrive.
Community and city leaders celebrated the opening of Journey Home Housing at Crowley Road on Oct. 15. The 96-unit complex at 7550 Crowley Road has on-site services to support residents who experience chronic homelessness.
Apartments provide residents with a living and kitchen area, a bedroom and a bathroom. The development was made possible by a $2 million federal affordable housing grant, officials said.
“The journey actually started in fall 2021,” shelter CEO Toby Owen said.
Owen said the agency is committed to helping its clients secure jobs and housing.
Journey Home residents receive services designed to build independent living skills, including referrals for alcohol or substance abuse treatment as well as education, mental health referrals, literacy training and financial literacy.
“We want people to move out of the shelter,” he said.
The agency is developing other local properties it owns to build similar complexes across Fort Worth.
Presbyterian Night Shelter officials worked with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, which awarded the grant, and Texas Capital to develop the $10 million project.
Owen met with city and community leaders, including Fort Worth City Council member Chris Nettles, who represents the area.
Greg Hettrick, director of community investment for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, said “there’s a lot of hope” with the opening of the complex.
Nettles said he had some tough meetings with the community to flesh out details of the project, which he described as “not a hand out, but a help up.”
“This is not a shelter,” he said. “This is housing.”
Eric E. Garcia is a senior business reporter at the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at eric.garcia@fortworthreport.org.
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