Today, we kick off the second season of In My Place by exploring what happens when providers first approach people who experience homelessness.
What it’s like when an entire Nashville apartment community must move
Residents of Berkshire Place Apartments in East Nashville are finally moving — years after they were first told their units would need to be vacated — to relocate to the newly built Birchstone Village in Madison.
Nashville will build tiny homes for unhoused residents after a three-year debate about fire safety
Unhoused Nashvillians will soon have a new housing option provided by the city: Pallet Shelters. These are tiny homes that are easy to assemble and look a bit like Monopoly houses.
Nashville’s churches — and their land holdings — could boost affordable housing. Here’s how Metro wants to help.
The role of churches, and the land they own, are an increasing focus of Nashville’s efforts to improve housing affordability. Federal funding will help Metro take a coordinating role.
Metro opens first permanent housing option, with on-site addiction treatment and mental health services
Until now, much of the city’s approach to homelessness has been about short-term support, like emergency weather shelters or temporary transitional housing.
Struggling to find housing? Personal experiences will inform Metro’s newest affordability strategy
Right now, Nashville does not have a “unified housing strategy.” While there are a number of existing reports and plans, there’s not a singular roadmap for Nashville’s affordable housing goals. But, with a new effort underway from Metro’s Housing Division, that’s about to change.
Nashville wins $5M for affordable housing through competitive federal program
Nashville has been awarded $5 million in funding from the federal government to help remove barriers to building affordable housing.
Nashvillians across the political spectrum approve of Mayor Freddie O’Connell. Fewer of them know about his specific projects.
Just six months after taking office, Mayor Freddie O’Connell is seeing high approval from Nashvillians across the political aisle. That’s according to the latest Vanderbilt Poll about city subjects.
More than 10,000 Nashvillians told community leaders what they wanted to see for the city. Here’s what they said.
Imagine Nashville, the citywide initiative asking residents to envision their dream city, has released results from more than 10,000 respondents. The data show that while a majority of participants say that “things are positive” in Nashville, frustrations remain with the current state of the city.
Affordable housing, bike safety and the arts dominate funding requests during Nashville Metro Council’s pre-budget public comment period
Given an invite to share thoughts about Nashville’s spending priorities, residents turned out for Tuesday night’s Metro Council meeting.
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