Permanent housing for Miss Gwen
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After four years of living in a motel with her son, Miss Gwen is now in a two-bedroom townhouse thanks to Chesterfield's permanent supportive housing program.
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Nationally, nearly a million people with mental illness don’t have a stable place to live, and programs to offer housing and supports have historically produced only 1,100 to 1,500 new units a year across the nation.
Nationwide, it's estimated that nearly a million people with mental illness don’t have a stable place to live,Â
