Stephan Russo Residence

Our Stephan Russo Residence at 235 West 107th Street is slated to open in early 2025, offering 54 beds for men and women exiting street homelessness. An additional 14 beds will provide affordable housing to low-income tenants, including the handful of people currently living in the building. We’re partnering on this exciting project with Rockabill Development, a leading development partner and consultant to nonprofit owners of affordable, supportive and transitional housing.

The Stephan Russo Residence will be permanent housing, not a shelter. It will provide social services to help formerly unhoused people recover from the trauma of life outdoors, including case managers, social and wellness activities, and harm reduction, as well as access to physical and mental health care.

This former Single Room Occupancy (SRO) building will be renovated to remove shared restrooms and provide an en suite bathroom for each tenant.

The residence is named after former Goddard Riverside Executive Director Stephan Russo, an innovator in the fight against homelessness who helped create the supportive housing model.

Explore the resources below for more information or scroll to the bottom to submit a question or comment.

Applying for Housing at the Stephan Russo Residence

To apply for an affordable housing unit at the Stephan Russo Residence, please make an account at NYC Housing Connect and watch for the rooms to become available.

Tenants moving in from street homelessness will apply through their outreach teams.

About the Residence

• Stephan Russo Residence FAQ

  Questions and answers about the project

• Stephan Russo Residence Press Release

  The project announcement sent out in late March 2023

• We Need More SRO Conversions Like The Royal Park Hotel

  Stephan Russo writes in the West Side Spirit about the importance of converting the UWS’s Single Room Occupancy buildings into supportive housing

• History of Supportive Housing

  This writeup from the Supportive Housing Network of New York (SHNNY) details Goddard Riverside’s pioneering role

• Why Supportive Housing

  SHNNY explains how supportive housing ends homelessness, raises property values and saves taxpayers money

Media Coverage of our Anti-Homelessness Programs

• West Side Rag: Outreach and Supportive Housing

  A reporter rides along with our Homeless Outreach specialists and interviews a tenant at our Capitol Hall residence

• City Limits: Downtown Outreach

  A walk in the Chinatown/Bowery neighborhood with Goddard Outreach, plus a visit to a Safe Haven

• CBS NY: Thanksgiving

  Whether you’re homeless or hungry or just need a little holiday cheer, you’re welcome at Goddard’s free Thanksgiving meal

• New York Times: Capitol Hall

  Before the Stephan Russo Residence, there was Capitol Hall. Here’s the story of how Upper West Siders worked with us to save an old hotel to house their homeless neighbors.

Success Stories

This video tells the stories of five participants in our programs, including some who made the journey from homeless to housed