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We Are FIN
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Housing and Transportation Committee
James A. Embry, Chairman
c/o Architecture+Plus
100 Lera Court, Sevierville, Tennessee 37862
jembry007@bellsouth.net
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Mission
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To identify and facilitate the development of an inventory of affordable housing types, accessible to public transportation, to meet the immediate and long term needs of our Friends.
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Housing Types:
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- Supportive Housing Program: Mixed studio (SRO), One Bedroom w/ Kitchen, and Bath. Units from 300 s.f. to 475 s.f. Social Services located on ground floor. Permanent housing, with onsite case managers and volunteer services. Residents will be screened and selected from populations struggling with physical and mental illness, substance abuse, and limited education. Residents can stay as long as they follow the rules.
- Mixed multi-family: conventional w/ section 8 subsidized units included. Available as the next step up to independent living, without the stigma of "public housing" attached to residents.
- Oxford House: Temporary rental housing for single-gender recovering drug and alcohol addicts: Self governed, self managed communal housing with tenants responsible for: maintaining a clean and sober life, making timely rent payments, including expenses, and holding full-time employment. The rational is that responsible and purposeful lives can be built through self-esteem gained by experiencing the joy and rewards of successful living. This is a tested model with an excellent record of success over an extended period. (oxfordhouse.com)
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Gatlinburg has a unique set of problems associated with the development of multi-family housing unless aimed at the tourism market. Being the gateway city to the Great Smoky Mountains National park, by far the most visited national park in the system, results in inflated land prices targeted for the resort industry with no regard for housing the service worker population. An excellent white paper has been recently written entitled, "A Hotel is not a Home," by Ms. Corrie Gladstein. Her thesis details the numerous obstacles as relates to developing appropriate affordable housing for Gatlinburg. A copy of her report is available from the web site of FIN. (weareFIN.org)
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