Cass Community1 Social Services Launch & Dedication of New Permanent Supportive Housing for Detroit's Homeless

SOUTFIELD, MI, October 25, 2012

Cass Community1 Social Services Launch & Dedication of New Permanent Supportive Housing for Detroit's Homeless Community Campus Provides Unique Support to City

What:
Dedication and official launch of $10 Million
Arthur Antisdel Apartments (Antisdel Apartments) project
Tours of Cass Community Social Services' (CCSS) Facilities

- Antisdel Apartments Expands CCSS' Community Campus to Four-Block Area
- 1st Homeless Housing Project with Geothermal heating/cooling system in Michigan
- 41 units of Permanent Supportive Housing

When:
Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 10 AM

Where:
1584 Elmhurst Street at Woodrow Wilson Street - Detroit
(Elmhurst exit-southbound Lodge Fwy./ Webb exit-northbound Lodge Fwy.)

Who:
Developers - Cass Community Social Services and MHT Housing Inc.

Why:
The Arthur Antisdel Apartments will provide homeless men and women with safe, secure, attractive and affordable housing.

Walking distance to CCSS' headquarters (Scott Building); administrative, residential, education (GED and literacy) and sheltered workshop programs; recreation, vocational training and employment, transportation, counseling and 12-step programs; free weekly resident programs also include HIV/AIDS testing and counseling, health screening, treatment and prevention of substance abuse and mental illness.

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