Eddy House gave us a tour of its new 36-unit Transitional Living Community, where studio apartments will be available this summer.
It's a two-year program designed to get younger homeless people in the community on their own.
It's designed to slowly introduce expenses and responsibilities to younger people aged from 18 to 24 years old.
Before this recent development, the transitional living program had been running out of housing in the community for a number of years.
"We're really excited about what it means for not only our youth, but for Eddy House as a whole," said Trevor Macaluso, CEO, Eddy House. "We've been able to show that youth in this program have a 95 percent success rate moving out into the community and staying sustainably housed."
The apartments come fully furnished and are equipped with one bed, a kitchen with a fridge, oven and microwave, a washer and dryer, and a bathroom.
The complex has been in the works for about two years and was in large part funded by the Home Means Nevada initiative through the Nevada Housing Division using ARPA dollars that were set aside by the state.
There are two ways young adults can get into housing.
Either they are in programming in the Eddy House, or they are referred from a nonprofit.
"The program fee starts at only $300 a month for these units and they increase every three months by 150 dollars, so by the time they reach the 18th month of the two-year program they're going to be paying the market value for the unit they already have," Macaluso said.
For the first year, they will not have tenants pay utilities, but Eddy House staff will let them know how much it would have cost.
The second year is when they start taking over those expenses.
Those living in the apartments are required to have a full-time job and make their payments.
Eddy House says that the need grows more and more for its services, making efforts like these that much more important.
"Last year we served just over 511 youth in our shelter right next door, and as the need continues to grow the Eddy House is continuing to grow right along side it," Macaluso said.
The organization says that they believe they will completely fill the units within a year of the apartments being opened.
