California Department of Housing and Community Development Awards $85.5 Million to Help People Experiencing Homelessness Who Frequently Use Healthcare Systems
The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) awarded a total of $85.5 million to developers and counties throughout California in the first round of funding for the Housing for a Healthy California program. Funding for the program comes from both the federal National Housing Trust Fund and California’s Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund.
Many people experiencing homelessness are frequent users of emergency rooms, inpatient care, and nursing homes, forced to use these expensive systems as a means for both healthcare and temporary housing. Housing for a Healthy California serves people experiencing homelessness or chronic homelessness who are also high-cost users of healthcare systems by creating permanent housing with supportive services. The program can also be used for rental assistance or to rehabilitate existing housing developments.
These awards follow Governor Newsom’s February statewide tour on homelessness, 100-day challenge to cities and counties, and announcement of 286 state-owned properties immediately available to cities and counties to lease for $1 to use for homeless solutions. Governor Newsom also released $650 million in State Emergency Homeless Aid, featured more than $1 billion in his proposed budget, and continues to challenge cities and counties to partner with the state on immediate impact solutions to tackle homelessness.
With the awards listed below, developers (Article I) and cities and counties (Article II) can move toward acquisition, new construction, rehabilitation, rental assistance, and more to provide individuals and families safe, stable places to call home.
The 2020 Housing for a Healthy California funding for developers (Article I) was announced at the end of February 2020.
For additional information about Housing for a Healthy California, visit the Housing for a Healthy California webpage or email HousingforHealthyCA@hcd.ca.gov.
Housing for a Healthy California Program Funding Awards
$85.5 Million Awarded – April 1, 2020
Article I – Developers
| Project Sponsor | Project Name | County | Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIDGE Housing Corporation | Berkeley Food and Housing HOPE Center | Alameda | $3,443,026 |
| Easy Bay Asian Local Development Corporation | Phoenix | Alameda | $11,120,282 |
| EAH Housing, Inc | Matsya Villa | Alameda | $3,379,011 |
| American Family Housing | Cala Paloma | Orange | $4,464,144 |
| Total | $22,406,463 |
Article II – Counties
| Applicant | Lead Service Provider | Purpose | Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Mateo | San Mateo County Health System | New Construction | $19,995,225 |
| Los Angeles | Local Initiative Health Initiative for Los Angeles County | Rental Assistance | $19,958,664 |
| San Francisco | Felton Institute | Rehabilitation | $6,798,810 |
| Sacramento | Sacramento County Department of Health | Rental Assistance | $9,900,900 |
| Marin | Marin | Rental Assistance | $2,830,392 |
| Kern | Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services | Rental Assistance | $634,946 |
| Total | $60,118,937 |