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Updated on December 29, 2020 at 8:40 am
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Dozens of homeless families and seniors in Oakland will not be ringing in the new year on the streets. They’ll be celebrating in new dorm-style apartments.
All thanks to money from the state’s Project Homekey initiative, which gives cities and counties much-needed cash to buy up hotels, motels and other buildings to house the homeless.
At the base of Oakland’s upscale Rockridge neighborhood sits this 4-story building, Clifton Hall. It used to be a dorm for students attending the California College of Arts. But after CCA moved all its students to its San Francisco campus earlier this year, the building sat empty for months. The city of Oakland jumped at the chance to buy Clifton Hall using $20 million from the state’s Homekey program. The dorm building that used to be filled with art students will now be a shelter for families and a permanent home for seniors.
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OAKLAND, Calif. - As cases of the coronavirus explode in California, Alameda County is closing several hotels that are being used to keep hundreds of homeless people off the streets.
The moves comes amid criticism from homeless advocates and some government leaders. But the county cites high costs, a limited budget, and a shift in focus to find permanent places for the unsheltered to call home.
Homeless families to start moving into former dormitory in Oakland
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Oakland officials say that Clifton Hall, formerly a college dorm, will house up to 100 homeless people.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Cars and bicycles move past the front of 5276 Broadway on Monday, December 14, 2020 in Oakland, Calif.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Cars and bicycles move past the front of 5276 Broadway on Monday, December 14, 2020 in Oakland, Calif.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Residents from a nearby shelter will begin moving into a former college dormitory in Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood starting Dec. 28, a small but promising step in housing the city’s massive and swelling homeless population.
Housing Miracle Ready To Received Unsheltered Oaklanders
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A miracle on Broadway is ready to receive formerly unsheltered Oakland residents later this month, city officials said Wednesday.
Formerly unsheltered families and seniors will start moving into Clifton Hall at 5276 Broadway, a Project Homekey property, on Dec. 28, Mayor Libby Schaaf and others announced at a news briefing. Project Homekey is a state grant program to protect unsheltered residents who are impacted by COVID-19 and at risk of serious illness.
More than 100 unsheltered residents of Oakland will have either permanent housing or short-term housing in the building, which was once a residence hall on the Oakland campus of the California College of the Arts.