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'Change People'S Lives Forever': New Housing Campus Homeless Opens
Foundation: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Detroit's homeless now have a place to stay they can call their own.
The Detroit Free Press reports the Pope Francis Center has opened its Bridge Housing Campus, a $40 million, 60,000-square-foot facility that has 40 studio apartments for single men, eight-bed respite centers for those discharged from hospitals, a barber shop, library, computer lab, art room, meditation space, and more.
"We're going to change the reality here in the city," says Tim McCabe, president and CEO of the Pope Francis Center.
"That's what we're going to do in here and we do that with radical compassion and lovethat's the secret sauce."
The campus is a culmination of nine years of work by McCabe, who says he came up with the idea for the housing campus after visiting shelters in San Antonio and Orange County, Calif., with misters and fans to keep people cool during cold weather.
The campus also features a "hot room" that heats up to 145 degrees to disinfect blankets and clothing as people move in.
And there's a free health clinic and dental wing for anyone in the neighborhood.
"In Detroit, just because you're homeless, doesn't mean you're voiceless," Detroit Mayor
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