JACKSON, Miss.—Months after sharing her plans to bring a 60-unit, tiny-home village to assist the homeless population of Mississippi’s capital city, Jackson Resource Center CEO Putalamus White is a step closer to making those intentions a reality.
“Envision the suburbs, if you will. In my mind, that’s where they will be living, in their own suburbs,” she told a group of politicians, community members and reporters gathered for a press conference on Nov. 26 before unveiling a replica model of the homes. White estimates that builders will get the first home up on the Capers Avenue campus by April 2025.
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Tupelo-based company ModBox designed the units, which are permanent, affordable residences for those Jacksonians who have had to find shelter on the street, a friend’s couch or in their own car, White said.
However, housing is just one piece of The Junction, a sprawling, multi-million-dollar homelessness resource campus that White envisions will sit on 18 acres of land that she acquired in West Jackson.
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White’s ambitions also include partnering with companies that can offer on-site services such as health-care treatment, mental-health counseling and substance-abuse rehabilitation.
“We’re always looking for partners,” she said in a Dec. 2 interview with the Mississippi Free Press. “The more partners we have, the more people we’re able to serve. We want everything from just the general, clinic-type check-ups to the specialties.”
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