加州Homekey+住房累计达2,905套：州长纽森新拨1.152亿美元，在Yuba City、旧金山、河滨县、Lompoc与洛杉矶县新建329套
Sacramento——加州州长纽森10月26日在Sacramento宣布，选民通过的Proposition 1（第1号提案）资助的Homekey+计划自2024年启动以来已累计资助2,905套永久支持性住房，其中828套面向退伍军人；州政府同日新拨1.152亿美元，在五个社区新建329套住房，其中168套预留给退伍军人。
纽森在声明中说，选民通过Proposition 1时明确表达了希望切实解决无家可归与行为健康问题的意愿，州政府正在兑现这一承诺，为最脆弱的居民提供照护；他说，每一位加州人都应有安全的居所，特别是曾服役的退伍军人，他们理应得到支持与有尊严、稳定生活的机会。
Homekey+由加州住房与社区发展厅（HCD）管理，以纽森此前推出的Homekey计划为蓝本。Homekey自2019年以来已在全州建成近16,000套过渡性与永久性住房，服务30,000人。加州住房与无家可归事务负责人Tomiquia Moss说，Homekey+已投入近10亿美元，资助近3,000套可负担与支持性住房。加州退伍军人事务厅（CalVet）厅长Lindsey Sin说，Homekey+拨款达到10亿美元是一个重要里程碑，真正的意义在于退伍军人及其家人能找到安身之所并获得继续前行的支持。HCD厅长Gustavo Velasquez说，Homekey与Homekey+资助的住房迄今将服务超过200,000名需求最迫切的加州人。
本次新拨款的五个项目为：Yuba City的Merriment Village Apartments二期，由该市与Habitat for Humanity of Yuba/Sutter合作，获近4,060万美元，新建138套住房，其中70套预留给有行为健康问题、无家可归的退伍军人，并设现场支持服务；旧金山由市县政府与Swords to Plowshares合作，获近1,870万美元，翻修一栋63套公寓，其中44套为退伍军人提供支持服务；河滨县与Wakeland Housing and Development Corporation合作，获1,620万美元补足资金，建设80套的Camino Terrace，其中35套面向Homekey+人群、包括28套供退伍军人使用；Santa Barbara县住房管理局与Surf Development Company、Thompson Housing合作，在Lompoc建设49套的Brisa Encina，获近2,090万美元，其中19套预留给退伍军人；洛杉矶县与Hope the Mission合作，获1,880万美元，收购一间汽车旅馆并改建为62套的Casa Bella，其中61套为永久支持性住房、7套供退伍军人使用，另含1套管理员住房。
Proposition 1于2024年由选民通过，包含64亿美元行为健康债券，用于住房、服务与治疗，全部拨付后预计可资助6,800张住院治疗床位与26,700个门诊治疗名额。Homekey+方面，约10.3亿美元Proposition 1债券资金面向服务退伍军人的永久支持性住房项目，另有11.1亿美元面向全体目标人群。州长办公室称，加州无庇护无家可归人数出现15年来首次同比下降，降幅6.8%、为各州中人数减少最多；自2018年以来，加州年度住宅建设量已增加50%。在行为健康方面，加州已拨出66亿美元基础设施资金，支持全州535处新设施、9,570张床位与44,863个治疗名额。
California's Homekey+ Reaches 2,905 Supportive Homes as Governor Newsom Awards $115.2 Million for 329 More in Yuba City, San Francisco, Riverside County, Lompoc and Los Angeles County
SACRAMENTO — California Governor Gavin Newsom announced in Sacramento on October 26 that Homekey+, funded by the voter-approved Proposition 1, has awarded 2,905 permanent supportive homes since its launch in 2024, including 828 homes for veterans. The state also announced $115.2 million in new Homekey+ awards to create 329 homes in five communities, 168 of them reserved for veterans.
"When California voters approved Proposition 1, they made clear that they wanted meaningful action to address homelessness and behavioral health challenges. We heard them, and we're delivering on that promise — reducing homelessness and providing our most vulnerable residents with the care they need. Every Californian deserves a safe place to call home, especially the veterans who have bravely served our country," Governor Newsom said.
Homekey+ is administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and modeled on the Governor's Homekey program, which has created nearly 16,000 interim and permanent homes across the state since 2019 and served 30,000 people. Tomiquia Moss, Secretary of the California Housing and Homelessness Agency, said Homekey+ investments have funded nearly 3,000 affordable and supportive homes. Lindsey Sin, Secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet), said reaching the $1 billion mark in Homekey+ awards means more veterans can find a place to call home and receive support. Gustavo Velasquez, HCD Director, said Homekey and Homekey+ have now funded homes that will serve more than 200,000 Californians experiencing the greatest need.
The five new projects are: Merriment Village Apartments Phase II in Yuba City, where the City of Yuba, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Yuba/Sutter, Inc., will create 138 homes across four buildings with an award of just under $40.6 million, reserving 70 units for veterans facing homelessness with a behavioral health challenge, with supportive services on site; a rehabilitation of an existing 63-unit apartment building in San Francisco by the City and County of San Francisco with Swords to Plowshares, with a nearly $18.7 million award and 44 homes with supportive services for veterans; Camino Terrace in Riverside County, where the county, in partnership with Wakeland Housing and Development Corporation, will receive $16.2 million in gap funding to build 80 units, 35 of them for the Homekey+ population including 28 for veterans; Brisa Encina in Lompoc, a 49-unit community by the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara with Surf Development Company and Thompson Housing, LLC, backed by nearly $20.9 million, with 19 homes reserved for veterans; and Casa Bella in Los Angeles County, where the county, in partnership with Hope the Mission, will use an $18.8 million award to acquire and rehabilitate a former motel into 62 units, including 61 permanent supportive homes — seven of them for veterans — plus one manager's unit.
Proposition 1, approved by voters in 2024, includes a $6.4 billion Behavioral Health Bond for housing, services, and treatment; when fully awarded, the bonds are estimated to fund 6,800 residential treatment beds and 26,700 outpatient treatment slots. About $1.03 billion in Proposition 1 bond funds was made available through Homekey+ for permanent supportive housing serving veterans, and another $1.11 billion for projects serving all target populations. The Governor's office said California has recorded its first year-over-year reduction in unsheltered homelessness in fifteen years — a 6.8% decline, the largest numerical reduction of any state — and that annual residential construction has increased 50% since 2018. On behavioral health infrastructure, California has awarded $6.6 billion to support 535 new facilities, 9,570 beds, and 44,863 treatment slots statewide.
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