This week, the California Department of Housing and Community
Development (HCD) awarded $130.6 million in Homekey grant awards
for nine projects across the state. The new awards, which include
developments focused on young people, individuals, and families
who are experiencing homelessness, will create 533 permanent
supportive housing units. In addition to three cities and
two housing authorities, the following counties received awards:
The County of Orange, in partnership with American Family
Housing, will receive $29,000,000 for the 1400 Bristol project, a
motel acquisition and rehabilitation to create 76 permanent
supportive homes for people exiting homelessness and chronic
homelessness, and individuals at-risk of homelessness, in
addition to two manager units.
The County of Riverside, in partnership with Abode
Communities, will receive $21,724,000 for the Desert Extended
Stay project, a hotel acquisition and rehabilitation project to
create 96 permanent supportive homes for individuals at-risk of
homelessness, and exiting homelessness and chronic homelessness,
in addition to one manager unit.
The City and County of San Francisco will receive $8,225,095
for 42 Otis Street, a multifamily mixed-use acquisition project
that will create 24 permanent supportive homes for youth who are
exiting or at risk of homelessness.
The County of San Mateo, in partnership with Episcopal
Community Services of San Francisco and 721 Airport LLC, will
receive $13,892,800 the 721 Airport project, a hotel acquisition
and rehabilitation that will create 45 permanent supportive homes
for people exiting homelessness and chronic homelessness, in
addition to one manager unit.
Since the inception of the program in 2020, Homekey has awarded
$3.6 billion to support 259 projects, projecting to serve more
than 172,000 households over the life of the projects. A full
list of projects can be found on HCD’s Homekey
website.
