We offer a limited amount of specialized housing for the following groups:

• Single adults who are homeless*
• Single adults who are chronically homeless**
• Households in which all members are homeless* and at least one member has a documented mental illness
• Households in which all members are homeless* and at least one member is in recovery from drug and/or alcohol addiction (Journeys of Hope)
• Households in which one or more members is documented as HIV-positive
• People who are deaf or hard of hearing (coming soon—mid 2010)

For more information or to set up an application appointment, please call (615) 726-2696, ext. 110, 118, or 133 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.   Applicants for Journeys of Hope (homeless and in recovery from drug and/or alcohol addiction) should call our addictions counselor at (615) 726-2696, ext. 121.

*Homeless is defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as:

• A person sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation (e.g. living on the streets, for example) OR
• Living in a homeless emergency shelter

**Chronically homeless is defined by the federal government as either:

• An unaccompanied homeless individual with a disabling condition who has been continuously homeless for a year or more, OR
• An unaccompanied individual with a disabling condition who has had at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three years.