Elaine Helms, second from right, and others break ground for a new project offering housing to LGBTQ and disabled people. (Photo courtesy of Cathy Renna/TargetCue) A first-of-its-kind housing project will broke ground on Tuesday, June 29, in Newark, N.J.
It is The LGBT RAIN Foundation’s first affordable and inclusive LGBTQ housing development of this scale, and it will house 11 homeless individuals who identify as LGBTQ and may have a disability The project is being consulted by Monarch Housing, a non-profit pioneer in housing development for marginalized communities.
This is their first project related to LGBTQ young adults. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka spoke at the groundbreaking, and Sen, Bob Menendez sent a representative.