The City of Sacramento recently celebrated the dedication ceremony for St. Clare at Capitol Park, a new permanent supportive housing community for people exiting homelessness. 

This event was the cumulation of many hours of hard work and a commitment to the mission of affordable housing in the face of supply chain issues and other setbacks. 

Formerly the Capital Park Hotel, St. Clare is a 134-home historic adaptive reuse project. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places, so care was taken to address all construction concerns while keeping the historic value of the space. 

Built originally in 1911 and 1912, the site’s two towers now contain ground-floor retail spaces, community gathering rooms, offices for caseworkers, laundry facilities, and bicycle storage. Each of St. Clare’s apartments has a bathroom and well-appointed kitchenette. On-site supportive services also are available to help residents successfully maintain housing stability. 

St. Clare at Capitol Park was supported by nearly $10 million from HCD’s No Place Like Home (NPLH) program. NPLH, along with HCD’s new Homekey+ program, will help to create avenues of funding for supportive housing communities like this across California. 

“St. Clare at Capitol Park will be a new community where the formerly unhoused will find not just shelter, but the beginnings of a hopeful tomorrow,” said Rich Ciraulo, Regional Director of Real Estate Development for Mercy Housing California, as reported by the Sacramento Mayor’s Office. “To have accomplished this while also restoring and preserving a beautiful historic building in the heart of our downtown is an achievement that can fill every Sacramentan with pride.” 

Watch the video below to learn more and hear directly from a St. Clare at Capitol Park resident.