Stockton City Council discussions at its regular meeting Tuesday evening included issues such as additional federal COVID-19 funding, a homeless housing grant and the renovation of McKinley Park.
A resolution to accept an Enterprise Community Partners philanthropic grant of more than $680,000 to cover the operating costs of Town Center Studios, new housing for chronically homeless Stockton and San Joaquin County residents, was included in the meeting s consent agenda.
The city received a $4.3 million state grant, which included the philanthropic funding, in September through Project Homekey. The $600 million program gives funding for purchasing and rehabilitate housing, including hotels, motels, vacant apartment buildings and other properties, and convert them into permanent, long-term housing for people experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness.
First tenants move into Stockton motel transformed for people facing homelessness
“Now, God’s blessed me with a place to live, and I can pay my rent. I’m so happy,” Joyce Sheley said Share Updated: 9:33 PM PST Dec 28, 2020 Will Heryford
First tenants move into Stockton motel transformed for people facing homelessness
“Now, God’s blessed me with a place to live, and I can pay my rent. I’m so happy,” Joyce Sheley said Share Updated: 9:33 PM PST Dec 28, 2020
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Show Transcript A GROUP TRYING TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS OF STOCKTON, OPENED HOMES FOR THEM TODAY. GULSTAN: KCRA THREE’S WILL HERYFORD SHOWS US A HOTEL IN CENTRAL STOCKTON BEING CONVERTED INTO 40 STUDIO UNITS FOR THE HOMELESS. NOW I HAVE A PLACE TO STAY AND DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING IN THE COLD. SHE HAS BEEN LIVING ON THE STREETS OF STOCKTON FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS, BUT NOT ANYMORE. JUST BEING ABLE TO PUT HER CLOTHES IN A DRAWE
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STOCKTON – Some chronically homeless residents of Stockton and San Joaquin County soon will have a place to call home.
Town Center Studios, a hotel in central Stockton that has been renovated into 40 studio units, will open its doors Monday. The effort is to help create desperately needed housing by leveraging state resources mostly from Project Homekey and local expertise from the Central Valley Low Income Housing Corp. and Stocktonians Taking Action to Neutralize Drugs to take vulnerable people out of shelters and off the streets and into permanent homes.
“We know that housing and support are the keys to overcoming homelessness,” said Jon Mendelson, director of CVLIHC. “This project provides brand-new capacity to get people into housing, and it will keep people housed for years to come.”
Renovated hotel to house some chronically homeless in Stockton [The Record, Stockton, Calif]
STOCKTON – Some chronically homeless residents of Stockton and San Joaquin County soon will have a place to call home.
Town Center Studios, a hotel in central Stockton that has been renovated into 40 studio units, will open its doors Monday. The effort is to help create desperately needed housing by leveraging state resources mostly from Project Homekey and local expertise from the Central Valley Low Income Housing Corp. and Stocktonians Taking Action to Neutralize Drugs to take vulnerable people out of shelters and off the streets and into permanent homes.