A Middletown-based nonprofit dedicated to breaking the homeless cycle has recently started a new partnership with local realtors to secure apartments for homeless people.
HONOR, formerly called Housing First, is a state-funded initiative that aims to place 50 homeless individuals into long-term apartment leases across Orange, Ulster, Sullivan, and Dutchess counties.
According to Kristina Gibbs, a realtor with the Gibbs Team at Keller Williams Hudson Valley, the first company to sign on the new program, she has already secured two apartments in Poughkeepsie and Ellenville for HONOR clients and is working on several others in Beacon.
“We use our vast network of agents and property owners to share the mission of Housing First,” Gibbs told The Epoch Times in an interview on Feb. 28, adding that the nonprofit covers not only lease payments but also utility bills and furnishing….