GREENSBORO, N.C. -- It's not a new concept in North Carolina, but multiple agencies are working to bring the first "permanent supportive housing" complex to the Triad.

Michelle Kennedy of the Interactive Resource Center is working with multiple groups like the City of Greensboro, Cone Health, and the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro to bring the project to life.

"It's really to make sure that folks are able to move into housing and with support, stay in that housing effectively, and it really can last as long as the person needs it. That's the permanent part," Kennedy said.

They've identified a city-owned building on Maple and Fourth Streets which could be turned into apartments. It's near a police substation, the bus line, and another Cone Health project.

"[There will be] 24/7 behavioral health crisis services and also medical. So that will just allow those services to be close to the patients that live in the permanent supportive housing site," Brooks Ann McKinney of Cone Health said.

The City Council plans to vote in the coming weeks on transferring ownership of the building to the Community Foundation, and then work on restructuring the building would begin.

The process is expected to take around a year to 18 months.