CHATTANOOGA, Tenn — A new housing development in Chattanooga is getting close to completion, with a mission to make affordable living possible for people struggling with severe mental illness.
The project, called Espero Chattanooga, is being built along East Main Street. Developers say the $21 million development will include 60 apartment units, with at least 19 reserved for individuals who are justice-involved or chronically homeless and living with serious mental illnesses.
Those units are set aside for people earning about 30 percent of the area’s median income — roughly $20,000 a year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau…