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Green and other permanent supportive housing communities as providing crucial stability for those unable to hang on to a place of their own.

“We know just from the research that creating facilities and homes like this truly makes a difference in the trajectory of people’s lives who are often left behind in many ways,” said David Royer, the chief executive officer of the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County.

Laurel Green helps ADAMH in achieving its goal of 250 new permanent supportive housing units in the county by 2026.

“These 40 units make a tremendous difference in the lives of the individuals that are living here,” said Columbus City Council member Priscilla Tyson.

Laurel Green moved tenants into their units in July. The complex offers a computer room, laundry facilities, an exercise area, a community kitchen and a lounge. The apartment units come with some furniture, including a full- size bed, a dresser and a couch. All 40 units are filled.

“Laurel Green provides residents the foundation they need," said Samantha Shuler, chief executive officer of Community Apartments are between 650 and 700 square feet and come with some furniture, including a full-size bed, a dresser and a couch. Housing Network. "It helps them hope and heal.”

The community is the fourth project completed by the network in the past two years to help those with disabilities or other challenges. Others are: Terrace Place near Ohio State University for formerly homeless men and women; Hawthorn Grove in the Discovery District for those with mental- health disabilities; and Preservation Plan, a renovation of 414 apartments in 81 buildings for more than 600 residents with disabilities.

The network is also building: Marsh Brook Place on Chatterton Road, the first permanent supportive housing for homeless Franklin County youths, scheduled to open in 2020; the second phase of Briggsdale Apartments

II on Harrisburg Pike for tenants who struggle with homelessness, mental illness or addiction, to be completed this fall; and Parsons Place on East Barthman Avenue, for tenants who face homelessness, mental illness and substance addictions, scheduled to be completed in 2020.

Partnering with ADAMH on Laurel Green are the City of Columbus, Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority, Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, Franklin County, Huntington Bancshares, Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing, the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Ohio Housing Finance Agency.