Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Molly Wasow Park, and Institute of Community Living (ICL) President Jody Rudin celebrated the opening of 182 deeply affordable homes at 2886 Atlantic Avenue for New Yorkers exiting the shelter system. The opening of the building marks the first Affordable Housing Services (AHS) site in Brooklyn, and the creation of 835 deeply affordable homes through the AHS pipeline, which has now passed the significant milestone of more than 1,000 awarded or open units.
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