Sanctuary Place
SANCTUARY PLACE
(642 N. Kedzie):
This 69-unit, studio and family residential complex is dedicated to
homeless women with special needs, including HIV/AIDS, chemical
dependency, and/or mental illness. Services provided by program partner,
Interfaith Council for the Homeless as well as the unique architectural
design enables approximately thirty percent of the units to provide a home
to women ex-offenders. Some of the women residents will be working toward
reuniting with children in DCFS custody. IHDC took these special needs
into consideration by designing large meeting spaces on the first floor.
These "living rooms" offer a private, comfortable space for
mothers to meet with their children / families as they strive toward
reunification.
Sanctuary Place was funded
through a number of different sources: equity from Low-Income
Housing Tax Credits awarded by the Chicago Department of Housing; a grant
from the Illinois Housing Development Authority’s Trust Fund; an
Affordable Housing Grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco;
a first mortgage from Citibank; two energy grants from the Illinois
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; a grant from the Illinois
Clean Energy Foundation; and, a grant from the Chicago Department of
Environment.
Interfaith Housing Development Corp. of Chicago
1111 N. Wells
Chicago, IL 60610
Phone: (312) 274-8200
Fax: (312) 274-0292
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