VanKeuren Square
- Community
- Syracuse, East Side
- Location
- Syracuse, NY
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- Date Completed
- 2014
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- Accolades
- LEED Platinum Certification; 2015 Charles L Edson Tax Credit Excellence Award; Affordable Finance Reader’s Choice Finalist
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- Units
- 50
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- Buildings
- 1
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- Investment
- $11,517,628
The completion of VanKeuren Square represents the successful and comprehensive collaboration between Housing Visions and the Syracuse VA Medical Center. VanKeuren Square was conceived and designed to provide a full range of services to homeless Veterans and Veterans at risk of being homeless.
The design of the building, with 50 individual one- and two-bedroom fully-furnished apartments and a variety of common gathering areas, offers the residents a supportive environment that both respects individual privacy while simultaneously encouraging community integration and socialization.
VanKeuren Square was designed to create a “one-stop” service to provide housing and supportive services in one building to enable the Veterans to retain their housing and move toward recovery. Two case managers and a social worker on-site help Veterans with substance abuse problems, find employment, get health care and deal with other issues.
