Jordan, N.Y. – One of Onondaga County’s smallest villages is stepping up to fill a pressing need: It’s welcoming dozens of apartments and townhomes for low-income renters, including some with mental illnesses.
Jordan has approved a 65-unit apartment and townhome complex aimed at housing people with lower incomes and veterans on the brink of homelessness or those with mental health illnesses.
The project, Jordan Landing, includes some of the very aspects that often become hurdles for winning local approval in suburban and rural communities: multifamily housing for people who cannot afford to pay market rates…