More Funding Approved For Porchlight
Non-Profit Group Will Use Money To Buy Two Homes
Updated: 1:04 pm CDT June 17, 2009
MADISON, Wis. -- The Madison Common Council has approved more funding for Porchlight, a non-profit shelter and affordable housing group.The group will use the $475,000 in matched funds to help buy two more homes.The six-unit home on the corner of Blair Street and East Johnson Avenue will be permanent housing for veterans.The other home, a seven-unit building on East Mifflin Street, will be a transitional home for men.
Previous Stories:
- March 16, 2009: Porchlight Passes On Greenbush Property
- March 5, 2009: Residents React To Proposed Homeless Shelter Near Vilas Zoo
- September 3, 2008: Common Council Approves Land Swap With Porchlight
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