Fair Not Fear
"Fair" - a four letter word for responsible growth
Today, the one mile area around Homestead Park is densely residential with some 1,900 homes, three mobile home parks, public housing, affordable housing and a large student apartment complex. It is also home to significant human services facilities:
Freedom House - a substance abuse and mental health center that provides out-patient services,a 16 bed detox unit and a 22 bed half way house.
HomeStart - a women's shelter that provides emergency and transition housing.
Oxford House - three residential addiction recovery homes located within a mile of the proposed location.
Relocation of the men's shelter would concentrate all overnight social services for at-risk populations into one very small area of Chapel Hill, (the small triangle is 1/5 of a square mile).
The picture shows that within the 400 sq. miles of Orange County, all overnight social services for at-risk populations would be located in a tiny area.
Many governments require facilities that provide social services for at-risk populations be at least 1/2 miles to 2 miles apart. Many governments such as Raleigh housing Authority use the "scattered site" approach to locate supportive housing.
Click Here to see the video comparing this to the town and county size to put it into perspective.