Mamdani Revives 'Just Home' Supportive Housing Project In NYC

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to revive the "Just Home" supportive housing project, an initiative that would house formerly incarcerated New Yorkers on the campus of a city hospital.

Mamdani officially announced his plans on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The project would bring 83 apartments to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx for formerly incarcerated seniors with complex medical needs.

"I’m proud to commit my administration to Just Home—an initiative that brings housing, health care, and justice together. By housing New Yorkers who are too often left on the streets or shuttled through emergency rooms, Just Home meets our housing crisis with dignity,” Mamdani said on Monday.

The future of the project had been previously put on hold after ex-mayor Eric Adams, who initially supported the initiative, told the City Council he wanted to change its location to Brooklyn.

The Fortune Society will operate the project and screen all potential tenants. In addition, tenants will receive intensive, wraparound services from Fortune Society’s licensed clinical social workers and dedicated peer workers.

“For our patients experiencing homelessness, so many of the problems we see in primary care can be addressed with a simple prescription: housing,” NYC Health + Hospitals President and CEO Mitchell Katz said. “NYC Health + Hospitals has used our land to create affordable and supportive housing for hundreds of New Yorkers through our Housing for Health initiative, and we are eager to add the Just Home project to that list. Our patients leaving Rikers need our support to rebuild their lives. We are deeply grateful to Mayor Mamdani for his commitment to this project and the people who will one day call it home.”