Michael

Michael, one of the first residents of Reedy Place, picked out a corner unit because he could look out the window and see Paris Mountain. It was his first home in about 20 years. Before Reedy Place opened near downtown Greenville, Michael was experiencing homelessness and sleeping in the woods.

United Housing Connections established Reedy Place to serve people experiencing chronic homelessness with a serious mental illness. Mental health workers told Michael, who had schizophrenia and was actively using crack cocaine and alcohol, about Reedy Place about two years before it opened. At first, he was skeptical.