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Cluster House
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With funding from the New York City Department of Mental Hygiene, Cluster House opened in December 1989 to house homeless
women suffering from mental illness. In 1991 Cluster House became part of the NY-NY I agreement provide housing
to homeless individuals and in 1992, it became licensed and funded by the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH).
Since then Cluster House has been home to 48 formally homeless and mentally ill adult women, offering opportunities to
transition to less restrictive housing when possible.
With a funding commitment (for construction and program after the construction is complete) from OMH and additional support from
low-income tax credits, Urban Pathways, this fall, will begin a gut rehab on the building to transform Cluster House from a 48-unit
adult treatment facility to a 52-unit supportive housing residence, based on our successful Ivan Shapiro House
model. In addition, remaining residents will be transition to a brand new 40-bed scattered site
apartment treatment program in upper Manhattan and the Bronx.
Eighteen months after construction begins, the building will reopen as a co-ed facility. As an adult treatment facility Cluster House
currently has shared bathrooms, a meal plan and no kitchens in its units. As a supportive residence it will have 52 separate
studio apartments complete with bathrooms and kitchens. As at Ivan Shapiro House, a two-meal-per-day plan will be available
for a fee.
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