In the past year, the modern, four-story building rose like so many housing projects peppering Madison's changing landscape.
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Karissa Schaper, 27, talks about her 10 years of being homeless last month on State Street.
AMBER ARNOLD -- State Journal
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Madison and Dane County officials, nonprofit staff and volunteers gather donated items to stock apartments in preparation for the opening of Rethke Terrace, housing for single homeless adults and veterans on the city's East Side.
AMBER ARNOLD -- State Journal
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Madison, Dane County and the Wisconsin Housing and Development Authority contributed to build the $8 million Rethke Terrace on the East Side with 60 units of permanent housing with support services for homeless adults and veterans.
AMBER ARNOLD -- State Journal
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Fran Genter, left, and Carrie Simon, both with Dane County Human Services, assemble a bed in a studio apartment at Rethke Terrace, housing for single homeless adults and veterans. They were among dozens who helped prepare units for occupancy.
AMBER ARNOLD -- State Journal
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Barneveld Middle School student Jackson Vacha, 14, whose mother, Michelle, is part of a group that assists the homeless Downtown, worked after school in the wood shop to make a "Home Sweet Home" sign for each unit of Rethke Terrace.
AMBER ARNOLD -- State Journal
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Leon Nickson, a U.S. Army veteran who had been sleeping at an emergency shelter, kneels beside his bed to pray after seeing his new studio apartment for the first time last week during move-in day at Rethke Terrace, housing for single homeless adults and veterans on the East Side. “Oooh man, this is nice. This is nice. This is home, man,” Nickson said. “This is my home. God, thank you. Thank you Jesus.”
AMBER ARNOLD -- State Journal
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