NIMBY by Raimonda Abramaviciute
March 17, 2024
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NIMBYism, NIMBY, or Not In My Backyard, refers to community resistance towards having recovery housing in their neighborhood.
Who We Are
We are a housing provider that works with veterans and justice-involved individuals; along with other nonprofit organizations that serve veterans and justice-involved individuals, to secure and provide quality, safe, affordable shared housing.
Our organizations believes that our veterans and justice-involved folk deserve an opportunity to avail themselves to having productive, meaningful lives, and be productive members of society. This starts with having a safe place to lay their heads down at night; what most people call “Home”. A good safe home, and desirable neighborhood, helps all individuals to regain hope, and have an opportunity to flourish in life. our organization provides just that…a quality home, in a desirable neighborhood, where someone can thrive.
What We Do
We provide quality, safe, affordable shared housing to help eliminate housing insecurity as well as plan and support amazing projects with other nonprofit organizations, that help change the lives of our veterans and justice-involved individuals; who are in recovery from substance abuse, and who are simply disadvantaged adults from across the greater Madison, WI area.
We are seeking W.A.S.H. community certified level II Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT) recovery homes status, which W.A.S.H. is an affiliate of the National Alliance of Recovery Residences.
*W.A.S.H. is the Wisconsin Association of Sober Housing.
We Educate
We run small-scale training programs for our residents that are necessary for every adult to acclimate to society and live without anxiety caused by not knowing how to live like an independent adult. This can include but is not limited to... how to open a bank account, balance a checkbook, cook, clean, garden, and more.
We Give Home
Our home-like environment provides a family-like setting with an internal community of unrelated adults all working toward clean and sober living, a desirable neighborhood, and community to help restore their souls and change their future like story. As they say, home is where the heart is... but a home is so much more than that.