{"id":55773,"date":"2025-05-17T20:01:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T00:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=55773"},"modified":"2025-05-17T20:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T00:02:20","slug":"gospel-inc-hosts-open-house-for-the-new-72-unit-development-expected-to-be-complete-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/05\/17\/gospel-inc-hosts-open-house-for-the-new-72-unit-development-expected-to-be-complete-in-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Gospel Inc. hosts open house for the new 72-unit de\u00advel\u00adopment expected to be complete in December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The walls are finally up for a new 72-unit housing development in Lakeland. Gospel Inc. first received funding from city commissioners to begin construction earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today, the community was invited to bless the homes with scriptures and prayers on the walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anne McGuffin said her faith is her guide as she navigates her path towards sobriety and living a drug free life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI never thought I could start over,” she said. “I didn\u2019t know if that was OK.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McGuffin has been living in this home since 2018. Unlike most people who live in the Gospel Villages, she was here before Gospel Inc. purchased the property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, McGuffin says she\u2019s seen the property change into a Christ-centered community serving the homeless population. With people in similar situations as her, working to transform their lives too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She says neighbors have become family, something Ray Steadman, the executive director for Gospel Inc., hopes will transfer over to its new development for the homeless community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur solution is for those individuals who kind of get caught in that cul-de-sac of homelessness where there are no more service providers to help. That\u2019s where we step in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the first phase of the 72-unit development. It will house 48 people with the goal of getting them off the streets and into a home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McGuffin said she knows the importance of having a roof over your head, and that\u2019s what this development provides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re never alone,” she said. “It gets tough and now you have a community right in front of you to visually see, to bring you out of the darkness.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gospel Inc. representatives say they have a waitlist for those interested in moving into the development, and expect move-ins to happen in January of next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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