The 66-unit, four story supportive housing project used to help Seattle’s homeless get back on track received final approval from Seattle’s Department of Planning and Development on June 25.

The decision can be viewed here.

DESC (Downtown Emergency Service Center) has been working through both the permit process and a mountain of community resistance to the project at 5444 Delridge Way S.W. for over a year, and the master use permit gives them the green light to move forward with construction plans, assuming there are no appeals.

Appeals can be made until July 9 (details here).

The mixed-use apartment complex will house chronically homeless people who are often battling mental illness or addiction. There will be a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week staff on hand and rehabilitation and counseling is made available to the tenants as they work towards stability in their lives.

Delridge residents have voiced many worries about the project including a lack of healthy food options in a “food desert” (although a local food co-op is in the works for the retail space included in the building), drug activity in Delridge potentially putting those with addiction at risk, public safety concerns for children in the area (although there will be no sex offenders allowed), and worries from immediate neighbors of the project that it will cause traffic, invasion of privacy, and view-blocking problems.