Syracuse, N.Y. -- Atayia Jones moved into her own one-bedroom apartment on West Onondaga Street a couple of months ago after living a couple of months at the Rescue Mission.

She has a drawing of herself on the wall, a glass coffee table, a dresser and a microwave. She’s just waiting to get her couch and a new bed set.

“I’m still speechless,” Jones, 23, said. “I still want to cry.”

Jones lives in one of 52 units that are spread out over the South and South West sides of Syracuse as part of a new development: Creekside Landing .

Despite being spread across Syracuse, the apartments and duplexes are part of one development with a dedicated purpose: To provide affordable homes for young adults facing homelessness and low-income individuals and families.

Instead of building a single, new

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