TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – Toledo community leaders held the grand opening of the new Park Apartments, a $15 million, 45-unit affordable housing apartment building for young adults emancipating out of foster care and dealing with homelessness.
“Providing safe, permanent housing where young people with disabilities can write new chapters of their lives is an epic achievement for Toledo,” Lucas Metropolitan Housing (LMH) President and CEO Senghor Manns said during a press conference and ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of the new building, located on a half-acre site at 201 Knapp St., south of downtown in the Middlegrounds neighborhood.
“This truly is a mission accomplished moment for which all Ohioans can be proud,” said Manns. “The Park Apartments will serve as a model for the nation on how to bring affordable housing stability to the lives of young people ages 18-24 who have a disability and are currently homeless, or who are struggling to survive by living in shelters or sleeping in cars.”…