Two Redwood City Hotels Purchased To Shelter Unhoused

REDWOOD CITY, CA — San Mateo County will purchase two Redwood City hotel properties to provide shelter to unhoused residents.

San Mateo County's Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved resolutions in support of completing the purchase the Pacific Inn and the TownePlace Suites via the state's Project Homekey initiative.

Project Homekey is a statewide project that purchases hotels and other buildings to transform them into long-term housing for unsheltered people, especially those who are vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The county received more than $33 million in funding from the state to purchase the two hotel properties and provide a total of 170 rooms.

— Bay City News and Patch Editor Gideon Rubin contributed to this report