Provide Stable Housing for All Residents
Colleen Dublinski Clinic Director
I read with great interest Lisa Kaiser’s article “A Field of Dreams: Competing Visions for Housing and River Restoration” (Jan. 10). I have firsthand experience placing individuals with chronic mental illness in housing, which is not an easy task. Often, landlords end up providing the much-needed supervision and acting as emergency contacts. However, with Empowerment Village, a partnership between Our Space and Cardinal Capital Management, turning an unusable parcel of land into a housing development for individuals with mental illness can only be applauded. It appears Cardinal Capital Management is addressing the environmental groups and taking into account how to use the riverfront land in a friendly manner (i.e. extending the bike path) and, at the same time, providing safe, affordable, supervised housing for a population that is truly in need of good housing.
Certainly, Empowerment Village and the city can progressively show how individuals with mental illness can be good members of a neighborhood and utilize the amenities the neighborhood provides. I have personally seen how once stable and affordable housing is gained for these individuals, subsequently other aspects of their lives become more stable. Empowerment Village will enhance the lives of this population and, hopefully, reduce the stigma of mental illness.
Colleen Dublinski
Clinic Director
Wisconsin Community Services,
Outpatient Mental Health Clinic
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