State moves toward redeveloping Shattuck campus in Jamaica Plain

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“The task will support satisfy housing and substance use procedure requires all through the city and region.”

The Baker-Polito Administration this 7 days took a phase in the direction of redeveloping the Shattuck Clinic campus to offer supportive housing and treatment method for people today in the location who are battling with substance use diseases, persistent homelessness, or psychological wellbeing troubles. 

The administration issued a request for proposals (RFP) on Tuesday for the venture, which will incorporate the creation and operation of a bare minimum of 75 to 100 units of new everlasting supportive housing alongside with a continuum of procedure solutions and devoted environmentally friendly place on the 13-acre campus in Jamaica Plain, according to the Govt Workplace of Health and Human Providers. 

“This job will ensure that a campus very long-devoted to increasing the wellbeing and effectively-becoming of Massachusetts people will continue on to provide its major reason,” Secretary of Overall health and Human Company Marylou Sudders explained in a assertion.

“The Commonwealth worked intently with frontline health care and housing providers, civic and community groups, municipal leaders and our network of group partners to craft a thorough and considerate redevelopment approach,” Sudders said. “This is a crucial action in our effort to sustain behavioral health expert services to Massachusetts citizens the place and when they will need it.”

In accordance to the point out, the job features leasing the site to a improvement husband or wife, or partners, who will acquire the guide on developing, planning, developing, and working the campus in partnership with the condition. 

“The job will assist fulfill housing and material use therapy desires all through the metropolis and area, endorsing harm reduction and cutting down barriers to procedure,” the EOHHS claimed in a assertion. “Rejuvenated eco-friendly areas on the web site and far more sustainable techniques and structures will boost environmental overall health and wellness on the campus, advancing environmental goals and contributing to enhanced wellness outcomes.”

A “temporary cottage community” is presently running on the Shattuck campus, offering low threshold transitional housing to men and women battling with homelessness in the spot of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard.