On Wednesday, April 13th, Governor Newsom announced the latest round of awards granted in Project Homekey, a program administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). This program provides grant funding to cities, counties, or other local public entities within California to purchase and rehabilitate housing, hotels, motels, vacant apartment buildings, and other buildings and convert them into interim or permanent, long-term housing. Among the award recipients is the Housing Authority of the RCRC-member county of Santa Barbara, which will receive nearly $19 million to acquire and rehabilitate a 61-unit motel in central Goleta as permanent supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness. The City of Arcata, located in the RCRC-member county of Humboldt, is also among the latest recipients for a permanent supportive housing project. 

Additional Homekey awards will be announced in the coming weeks. Completed applications are being accepted on a rolling basis until funds are exhausted or May 2, 2022, whichever comes first. Detailed information is available on the HCD Homekey website here.