The 16-unit building will offer permanent supportive housing to 16 participants, according to a news release from the organization, which was founded in 1988 to provide supportive housing for adults living with mental illness as a safe and dignified alternative to homelessness or institutionalization.
Impact currently serves 700 low-income individuals living with a diagnosed mental illness annually across the Chicagoland area through its housing, clinical and employment programs. The organization currently owns seven buildings and 26 scattered-site apartments in privately owned buildings.
The new building in Skokie is awaiting final inspections, according to a Sept. 18 report from the Evanston Round Table.
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