More mental health housing on the way for P.A.
The Prince Albert branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association is welcoming funding for their latest housing project.
The $612,500 announced this week by the federal and provincial governments will go towards a new six-unit building on 7th St. E. As with their two previous projects in the city, the CMHA accommodation is for people with complex needs and mental illness.
“The units are for people who are hard to house,” Executive Director Doug Kinar told paNOW. “This means people have troubles maintaining their tenancy. Sometimes their illness interferes and sometimes life interferes.”
Kinar said construction of the new ground-level building will provide single occupancy units and the clients will benefit from a full-time caseworker who is funded by the Saskatchewan Health Authority.