Homelessness
October 31, 2024
Sacramento, CA —
Governor Newsom today launched a first-of-its-kind program to improve public safety — with new federally funded investments to create long-term supportive housing and comprehensive wrap-around services for individuals exiting incarceration. The…
October 29, 2024
Los Angeles, CA —
Expanding California’s unprecedented support for local efforts to create long-term solutions to address homelessness, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that 37 regional grantees representing 100 local communities and organizations statewide…
October 4, 2024
Sacramento, CA —
Governor Gavin Newsom today announced nearly $130.7 million in Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) program grants to help 18 cities, counties, and Continuums of Care (CoCs) resolve critical encampment concerns and address the housing and health…
March 22, 2024
HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez joined community and housing leaders at the 2024 Housing California Conference. More than 2,000 attendees gathered for workshops, plenary sessions, learning labs, and roundtables to discuss the challenges and…
January 24, 2024
Sacramento, CA —
On Wednesday, January 24, HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez and Department staff joined more than 800 volunteers for a two-night effort to count those people currently experiencing homelessness in Sacramento.
Known as the Point in Time (PIT)…
March 29, 2023
Sacramento, CA —
Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the availability of approximately $736 million in Homekey funding for local governments to build or purchase housing for individuals experiencing homelessness.
To date, Homekey has created 12,774…
December 21, 2022
Today is National Homeless Persons Memorial Day. Everyone should have a safe, warm place to live, and no life should be lost due to a lack of shelter. Today on the longest night of the year, we mourn those we have lost and reaffirm our commitment…