Forest approves housing for homeless women
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In Forest, Belgium, local authorities granted building permission to convert a former warehouse on Rue du Monténégro into transitional housing for women experiencing homelessness, with or without children.
The Nova Casa Vesta project will create 14 individual bedrooms with bathrooms, accommodating up to 30 people. Residents will have access to shared spaces, a communal kitchen, and an indoor garden, all intended to help them with administrative, medical, and housing-related steps.
Since 2022, a pilot version of the project has operated on the site, run by Communa with support from Samusocial. Fair Ground Brussels coordinates the project in partnership with the municipality, Samusocial, and Communa, and holds a 40-year lease on the property. The total budget for the project is 2.975 million euros, with 68 percent of the funding coming from European sources.
Construction is scheduled to begin in 2027, and the housing is expected to open at the end of 2029.
