St Mary's

Based on a model of supportive housing first pioneered in New York City, the Brisbane Common Ground project is fast taking shape at 15 Hope Street, South Brisbane. The Project Partners and Project Contributor invite you to learn about this exciting project and meet Rosanne Haggerty, Founder of Common Ground New York and recipient of the Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation.

PROJECT PARTNERS Brisbane Common Ground is being delivered through a government-business-community partnership. The capital cost and support services are being funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments and the building constructed by Grocon, at cost. The onsite support services to tenants will be provided by local not-for-profit organisation Micah Projects. A not-for-profit tenancy and property manager will also join the partnership. PROJECT

CONTRIBUTOR Common Ground Queensland was established in 2008 with a vision to bring the supportive housing model to Queensland. They are a supporter of the Australian Common Ground Alliance and have provided a valuable link to Common Ground in New York.

Please RSVP by Friday 26th August 2011 to Micah Projects on 3029 7000 or info@micahprojects.org.au

Rosanne Haggerty is the President of Community Solutions (CS), a national not-forprofit
organization that grows the capacity of communities to prevent and end
homelessness.
The organization is a spinoff of New York-based Common Ground, which Haggerty
founded in 1990 and built into a leader in the development of supportive housing and
other research based practices that end homelessness. Its network of well designed,
affordable apartments — linked to supportive services people need to maintain their
housing, restore their health, and regain their economic independence — has enabled
more than 4,000 individuals to overcome homelessness. The organization is also credited
with ending chronic homelessness in Times Square.
CS brings tested innovations in reducing homelessness to a national scale and advances
new models of homelessness prevention and community development. The 100,000
Homes Campaign (www.100khomes.org) is a cornerstone initiative that coordinates the
efforts of national organizations and local communities to collectively house 100,000
homeless individuals and families by July of 2013.
Haggerty is a 2001 MacArthur Foundation Fellow, an Ashoka Senior Fellow, and a Hunt
Alternatives Fund Prime Mover.