New York City Backs Fortune Society-led Just Home at Jacobi, Reversing Prior Effort to Halt the 83-Home Plan

Bronx, N.Y. — New York City says it is moving forward with a long-stalled supportive housing project on the campus of NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi, a plan officials say will create 83 affordable apartments for New Yorkers leaving incarceration who also have serious medical needs.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the restart on Monday, reversing the prior administration’s position and clearing the way for redevelopment of an underused building on the hospital’s Bronx grounds. City officials said the project—called Just Home—was approved by the Health + Hospitals board in 2024 and by the City Council in September 2025, but had faced efforts to block or move it.

The Fortune Society will serve as developer and service provider. The city says tenants will receive intensive, wraparound support—including clinical social workers and peer staff—and that the program is designed to reduce returns to jail while improving health outcomes.

City leaders also said the Health Department will update a Request for Proposals later this week tied to the Justice-Involved Supportive Housing program, aiming to add up to 190 more supportive homes and push the pipeline to more than 350 units in the coming years.

For families, the city frames the effort as a “housing and health” strategy: stable housing near medical care can reduce repeated emergency-room visits and help people follow treatment plans. Residents with concerns or questions can track updates through NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi and the Mayor’s Office, and watch for local community and Council discussions as the project advances.

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