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Posted by: News_Desk on 07/20/2021 12:00 PM
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Governor Newsom Signs Historic Housing and Homelessness Funding Package as Part of $100 Billion California Comeback Plan
Sebastopol, CA...At a Homekey site in Sebastopol, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the largest funding and reform package for housing and homelessness in California history as part of the $100 billion California Comeback Plan. The package includes $10.3 billion for affordable housing and $12 billion over two years towards tackling the homelessness crisis head-on – helping tens of thousands of people off the streets while also demanding greater accountability and more urgency from local governments.
Governor Newsom signs housing and homelessness package at Homekey site in Sebastopol
The new homelessness funding includes $5.8 billion to add 42,000 new housing units through Homekey – a national model for homeless housing. $3 billion of this investment is dedicated to housing for people with the most acute behavioral and physical health needs. Governor Newsom’s investment is the biggest expansion in decades in terms of clinically enhanced behavioral health housing in California.
“I don’t think homelessness can be solved – I know homelessness can be solved,” said Governor Newsom. “We are going all-in with innovative solutions that we know work – with a focus on creating housing to support people with severe mental health challenges, and with more money than ever to move people out of encampments and into safer situations. With record investments tied to strong accountability and efficiency measures, California will continue to build on the groundbreaking success of Homekey, changing the lives of tens of thousands of Californians for the better and supporting communities across the state.”
Click here for an infographic on the Governor’s comprehensive plan to address the homelessness crisis.
The legislation signed today, AB 140, also includes $2 billion in aid to counties, large cities and Continuums of Care through the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention grant program (HHAP). To qualify, recipients must follow strict accountability measures and submit a local homelessness action plan that includes quantifiable, data-driven goals that jurisdictions must commit to meeting.
$10.3 Billion Affordable Housing Package
- $850 million incentivizing infill development and smart growth
- $800 million to preserve the state’s affordable housing stock
- $100 million promoting affordable homeownership
- Additional funding to scale up the state’s efforts to create more Accessory Dwelling Units, build more housing on state-owned excess land and invest in farmworker housing
$12 Billion Over Two Years to Confront Homelessness Crisis
- $5.8 billion for Homekey over two years, creating more than 42,000 new homeless housing units
- $2.75 billion for the Department of Housing and Community Development
- $3 billion for the Health and Human Services Agency to create clinically enriched behavioral health housing and funding for the renovation and acquisition of Board and Care Facilities and Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly.
- $2 billion in HHAP grants over two years with strong, new accountability requirements for local governments
- $1.75 billion to unlock up to 7,200 units of housing in the pipeline for extremely low-income families and people exiting homelessness
- $150 million to stabilize participants in Project Roomkey hotels
- $50.6 million for encampment resolution efforts
- $45 million for services and housing for homeless veterans
In addition to these investments addressing homelessness and housing affordability, the California Comeback Plan includes $1.1 billion to clean up the streets of California by partnering with local governments to pick up trash and beautify downtowns, freeways and neighborhoods across California. The program is expected to generate up to 11,000 jobs over three years.
Governor Newsom’s California Comeback Plan seizes this once-in-a-lifetime moment to address long-standing challenges by taking on threats to our state’s future and ensuring every California family – regardless of their race or zip code – can thrive.
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The new homelessness funding includes $5.8 billion to add 42,000 new housing units through Homekey – a national model for homeless housing. $3 billion of this investment is dedicated to housing for people with the most acute behavioral and physical health needs. Governor Newsom’s investment is the biggest expansion in decades in terms of clinically enhanced behavioral health housing in California.
“I don’t think homelessness can be solved – I know homelessness can be solved,” said Governor Newsom. “We are going all-in with innovative solutions that we know work – with a focus on creating housing to support people with severe mental health challenges, and with more money than ever to move people out of encampments and into safer situations. With record investments tied to strong accountability and efficiency measures, California will continue to build on the groundbreaking success of Homekey, changing the lives of tens of thousands of Californians for the better and supporting communities across the state.”
Click here for an infographic on the Governor’s comprehensive plan to address the homelessness crisis.
The legislation signed today, AB 140, also includes $2 billion in aid to counties, large cities and Continuums of Care through the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention grant program (HHAP). To qualify, recipients must follow strict accountability measures and submit a local homelessness action plan that includes quantifiable, data-driven goals that jurisdictions must commit to meeting.
Governor Newsom signs housing and homelessness package at Homekey site in Sebastopol
$10.3 Billion Affordable Housing Package
- $850 million incentivizing infill development and smart growth
- $800 million to preserve the state’s affordable housing stock
- $100 million promoting affordable homeownership
- Additional funding to scale up the state’s efforts to create more Accessory Dwelling Units, build more housing on state-owned excess land and invest in farmworker housing
$12 Billion Over Two Years to Confront Homelessness Crisis
- $5.8 billion for Homekey over two years, creating more than 42,000 new homeless housing units
- $2.75 billion for the Department of Housing and Community Development
- $3 billion for the Health and Human Services Agency to create clinically enriched behavioral health housing and funding for the renovation and acquisition of Board and Care Facilities and Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly.
- $2 billion in HHAP grants over two years with strong, new accountability requirements for local governments
- $1.75 billion to unlock up to 7,200 units of housing in the pipeline for extremely low-income families and people exiting homelessness
- $150 million to stabilize participants in Project Roomkey hotels
- $50.6 million for encampment resolution efforts
- $45 million for services and housing for homeless veterans
In addition to these investments addressing homelessness and housing affordability, the California Comeback Plan includes $1.1 billion to clean up the streets of California by partnering with local governments to pick up trash and beautify downtowns, freeways and neighborhoods across California. The program is expected to generate up to 11,000 jobs over three years.
Governor Newsom’s California Comeback Plan seizes this once-in-a-lifetime moment to address long-standing challenges by taking on threats to our state’s future and ensuring every California family – regardless of their race or zip code – can thrive.
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Gavin says :
Posted on: 2021-07-20 12:34:04
By: Anonymous
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Ahh blah blah blah Ahhhhhhh
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Re: Gavin says :
Posted on: 2021-07-20 12:57:13
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Meh. He'll survive recall. No doubt about it.
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Re: Gavin says :
Posted on: 2021-07-20 14:04:37
By: Anonymous
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He is the best governor in America . Love this guy ...
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Re: Gavin says :
Posted on: 2021-07-20 14:33:29
By: Anonymous
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That's not Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis, that's our Governor Newsom, the guy who got caught again banging one of the ladies in his office. Guys a real dick to be cheating on his faithful wife, mother to his four kids and he's been caught FUKING other women. Makes you wonder how many others that he did and wasn't caught? So that's the kind of guy you love huh?
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Posted on: 2021-07-20 21:54:24
By: Anonymous
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Yeah, what a guy. A real man's man.
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Re: Gavin says :
Posted on: 2021-07-21 06:46:58
By: Anonymous
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Only four kinds of people like Newsom, illegals, people getting hand outs, homeless and those that have sawdust instead of brains
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Re: Gavin says :
Posted on: 2021-07-21 08:45:47
By: Anonymous
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That heifer is rocking the torn knees look!
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Not enough done about the dangerous mentally ill
Posted on: 2021-07-20 15:38:50
By: Anonymous
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Let's be clear here...The hotels and motels are full of these so called homeless. The people left on the streets are dangerously mentally ill. They do not get along with others and will never follow any authority They will never be able to be housed in anything other than an asylum where they can not leave.
They need to be stopped immediately from blindsiding and preying on the general public who is just going about their day. Nothing else is ever going to be acceptable. Give the people our reasonable amount of safety back in our towns and cities.
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Re: Not enough done about the dangerous mentally ill
Posted on: 2021-07-20 16:39:43
By: Anonymous
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So what is your plan??
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Re: Not enough done about the dangerous mentally ill
Posted on: 2021-07-20 17:07:31
By: Anonymous
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This is all to little to late. Never noticed this before, why now?? Rob Peter then pay Paul.
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Embarrassing republicans
Posted on: 2021-07-20 17:34:17
By: Anonymous
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Jenner for governor What is wrong with republicans ?
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Re: Embarrassing republicans
Posted on: 2021-07-21 06:58:42
By: Anonymous
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Repeated Profanity from this IP Address
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Re: Embarrassing republicans
Posted on: 2021-07-21 08:38:05
By: Anonymous
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Okay, I see 10 Billion for Affordable Housing, 12 Billion for Homeless, 2 Billion for Cities & Counties and 1 Billion to Clean up Streets, where is the other 75 Billion going? Once again a smoke screen of a bill that only a small percentage of the money goes where they say, and they stand up there and applaud him. Unbelievable, wake up California...
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