MANSFIELD -- Harmony House, a homeless shelter here, is about to open new housing that will provide homes for the formerly homeless.

"The first requirement will be that they have a job," said Ed Meehan,  president of Harmony House's board of directors.

The homeless shelter is nearing completion of the renovation of a six-unit apartment building on West Fourth Street, near the shelter.

"These units will rent for as little as $200 per month," Meehan said, "well below market rents."

The 90-year-old brick structure had sat vacant for years.  Harmony House volunteers and others updated it with a new front porch and railings, new furnaces, windows, roofing and more. 

Two-bedroom apartments are one-story. Three bedroom units are two-story.

Harmony House is planning an open house for the rental units in the near future.

Anyone interested in renting one of the apartments should call Harmony House at 419-522-2273 for more information.