California awarded $109.6 million in Proposition 1-funded Homekey+ grants to support 278 permanent supportive homes in Bakersfield, Contra Costa County, Fresno and Sacramento, including 103 homes reserved for veterans.
The awards include nearly $31.9 million for Sacramento’s Rio Linda Senior Housing Project, which will provide 100 homes, including 49 for veterans experiencing homelessness with behavioral health challenges, according to a July 23 news release from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office. Contra Costa County received $28.8 million for Choice in Aging, an 82-unit senior housing community with 62 Homekey+ units for people at risk of homelessness with a behavioral health challenge, including 30 units reserved for veterans.
Fresno received just under $32.6 million to convert 106 interim housing units into 84 permanent supportive homes at Parkway Terrace, with nine units reserved for veterans, while Bakersfield received just under $14.1 million to convert a 38-room motel into 30 permanent supportive homes, including 15 veteran-designated units.
The state also approved a $2.3 million funding increase for three previously awarded veteran-serving projects in Olivehurst, Sanger and Stockton, primarily to support operating expenses. Homekey+ has now allocated $968.4 million for 54 permanent supportive housing projects that will create 2,749 affordable homes statewide, including 723 reserved for veterans, according to the release.
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