The money comes from Proposition 1 through the Homekey+ program, which finances permanent supportive housing linked to behavioral health services.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday that California is awarding $109.6 million to create 278 units of permanent supportive housing across Bakersfield, Contra Costa County, Fresno and Sacramento, including 103 units reserved for veterans.
The money comes from voter-approved Proposition 1 through the Homekey+ program, which finances permanent supportive housing linked to behavioral health services for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
The awards will support four main projects. In Sacramento, nearly $31.9 million will go to the Rio Linda Senior Housing Project in partnership with Urban Capital LLC. That development will create 100 units, 49 of them for veterans experiencing homelessness with behavioral health challenges, and will serve seniors 55 and older using modular housing units.
Contra Costa County will receive $28.8 million for the Choice in Aging project, an 82-unit senior housing development with 62 units for people at risk of homelessness who have behavioral health needs. Thirty of those units are reserved for veterans. The project previously received funding from a state veterans housing program.
In Fresno, just under $32.6 million will convert 106 interim housing units at Parkway Terrace into 84 permanent supportive homes, including nine for veterans. The project includes upgrades such as a modernized laundry facility, management offices, reconfigured community spaces, accessibility improvements and unit renovations.
Bakersfield will get just under $14.1 million for the Ramkabir Permanent Supportive Housing Project, which will turn a 38-room motel into 30 permanent supportive homes, 15 of them reserved for veterans. The project also has additional local funding commitments.
Separately, three previously awarded veteran-serving projects in Olivehurst, Sanger and Stockton will receive a total of $2.3 million more, mostly for operating expenses.
State officials said Homekey+ has so far allocated $968.4 million for 54 projects expected to produce 2,749 supportive homes statewide, including 723 for veterans.
California Housing and Homelessness Agency Secretary Tomiquia Moss said the awards will help create housing for veterans and people with behavioral health challenges. CalVet Secretary Lindsey Sin called the veteran units an investment in stability for those who served in the military.
The funding is part of Proposition 1’s implementation to expand housing and behavioral health services.
