“Homekey” funding is a statewide effort to sustain and rapidly expand housing for persons experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. Homekey was created as an opportunity for state, regional, and local public entities to develop a broad range of housing types, including but not limited to hotels, motels, hostels, single-family homes and multifamily apartments, adult residential facilities, manufactured housing, and to convert commercial properties and other existing buildings to permanent or interim housing for the target population.
Homekey was originally created as an opportunity for local public agencies to quickly acquire, rehabilitate or master lease motels and other housing types to increase their communities’ capacity to respond to COVID-10 pandemic. The target population is individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. People experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness were considered inherently impacted by COVID-19
Below are links to some of the properties that the County purchased to provide long-term housing and shelter to vulnerable residents, including those who lost shelter due to COVID-19. At that time the Board of Supervisors also authorized an allocation of other funding as a match of local funds from the County for capital expenditures required by the Homekey program.
