State Grants $8.3 Million to Move People from Vehicles to Housing in Santa Barbara
The first step is to get 300 vehicularly homeless people onto one of the 27 parking lots operated by New Beginning’s Safe Parking Program.
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The first step is to get 300 vehicularly homeless people onto one of the 27 parking lots operated by New Beginning’s Safe Parking Program.
Deciphering mixed messages on homelessness in Santa Barbara County.
Residents will begin moving into the transitional housing project starting April 22.
California voters this spring are considering a $6.4 billion bond that would build thousands of housing units and treatment beds for people with serious mental health conditions. A 2018 ballot measure that made similar promises offers lessons about the obstacles that stand in the way of construction.
After 20 months of preparation, the City Council voted to unanimously approve.
‘Independent’ reporters Nick Welsh and Callie Fausey were among the hundreds of volunteers for the county’s Point-in-Time Count, an annual census of people experiencing homelessness.
Congressmember Salud Carbajal is introducing a bill that would fund a nationwide expansion of the program for those living in their vehicles.
The Housing Authority will bring 32 units of extremely low-income housing for homeless individuals.
Prop. 1 would funnel more money into housing and treatment for homeless Californians struggling with mental illness and addiction. But it’s far from a one-stop solution.
The project will provide transitional housing for 80 people now dwelling in the homeless encampments scattered in hillsides above the site.