Via Sana

Via Sana exemplifies NRP’s commitment to the Healthy Housing initiative, to use safe, affordable housing as the basis for addressing the social determinants of health. Building on the success of the Residences at Career Gateway in Columbus, Via Sana (a partnership with MetroHealth hospital) consists of one‐bedroom, two‐bedroom, and three‐bedroom units, for a total of 72 new units of affordable housing with modern finishes for residents earning at or below 60% of the area median income. It also includes a community and fitness room available to residents, and a 4,500 square Economic Opportunity Center providing employment, financial literacy, and digital literacy training programs to the greater neighborhood. Residents of Via Sana and the Clark‐Fulton community benefit from robust workforce and professional development services that focus on preparing individuals for employment, attaining employment, retaining employment, and vertical ascension within or across employers –along with life skills applicable in all stages of a career. With MetroHealth’s campus transformation and the market rate multifamily housing units that are planned around it, affordable housing continues to be greatly needed in this neighborhood. Via Sana directly contributes to creating a neighborhood that is accessible to people of all incomes, an Economic Opportunity Center to ensure that local residents will be prepared for future employment opportunities, and a new, transit oriented community on the south side of Cleveland.