Los Angeles Receives $21 Million For Project Homekey Permanent Housing Site

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Los Angeles received more than $21 million from the state to buy an apartment building to turn into permanent supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday.

The grant is part of Project Homekey, a state program to create permanent housing in apartment buildings and hotels for people who are homeless or at-risk of being homeless. The state is on track to create 1,208 units through the program, which was started in 2020.

Funds were also given to Sacramento to create 92 units of permanent supportive housing.

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