And Santa Cruz County gets money to turn offices into housing, as part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s last 2022 round of Homekey funding.
San Jose scored nearly $20 million in state funds to transform a motel downtown into homeless housing, as Gov. Gavin Newsom awarded his last Homekey grants of 2022.
The $19.9 million will allow the city to purchase the 72-room Pacific Motor Inn on South Second Street. For now, the motel will serve as temporary housing for homeless residents. But ultimately, city officials plan to redevelop the site — replacing the motel with two apartment buildings for low-income and homeless tenants, as well as market-rate housing.
“We are grateful for this recent Homekey investment for the purchase of the Pacific Motor Inn, which will enable us to scale the innovative approach that San Jose pioneered to house our most vulnerable neighbors by purchasing motels to house our homeless residents,” San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and Councilmember Raul Peralez said in a joint news release. “This model has already provided a pathway to continue to move thousands of San Joseans off the street into safe, dignified housing.
The money is part of $36 million Newsom doled out this week through Homekey — an initiative launched during the COVID-19 pandemic to help cities, counties and nonprofits buy hotels, dorms, offices and other buildings and turn them into housing for homeless residents. Santa Cruz County received $2.2 million in this round of funding, which it will use to turn a former medical office building into housing. The site, across the street from a Santa Cruz health clinic that serves unhoused clients, will house people who are disabled and have been homeless for a long period of time.
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