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Pittsburg: Homeless Veteran Housing Project Receives $3 Million Grant

by ECT

Twenty eight new projects assist homeless Veterans and their families

SACRAMENTO – Nearly 1,000 low-income and homeless Veterans and their families will benefit from affordable housing opportunities announced at a press conference Friday at Mather Veterans Village by three state agencies. Twenty-eight new projects throughout California will receive more than $116 million in funding through Proposition 41 and the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Program (VHHP).

Locally, the Veterans Square Apartment Project in Pittsburg was awarded $3,016,385 to assist a 36-unit project for homeless veterans.

“The State of California is committed to ending and preventing homelessness for our Veterans and their families,” said California Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Dr. Vito Imbasciani. “I’m proud our collaboration with the Department of Housing and Community Development and the California Housing Finance Agency developed a wonderful program with strong Veteran-centric services from providers with specific experience serving our Veterans in need.”

“The housing provided to our Veterans and their families through VHHP is more than a roof and four walls,” said Housing and Community Development Director, Ben Metcalf. “Residents also receive quality supportive services such as case management, substance abuse services, health clinics, benefits advocacy, and family and childcare services.”

On any given night, more than 11,000 Veterans are at risk of housing instability and homelessness in California. Instability and homelessness among women veterans and their families are also on the rise.

The service-rich communities being developed through VHHP funding address many of the challenges homeless Veterans face and guide them toward independent living. The latest awards build or rehabilitate 28 developments across California and assist Veterans as far north as Shasta City and as far south as Escondido with wide-ranging coverage across the Bay Area, Los Angeles County, Orange County, the Inland Empire, and San Diego. The 28 developments will provide 2,124 units of housing; 983 of these will be Veteran-specific.

Three collaborating state agencies developed VHHP: the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet), and the California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA).

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9 comments

mountaingrannys Apr 23, 2016 - 12:36 pm

I find this last statement of your article confusing. “The 28 developments will provide 2,124 units of housing; 983 of these will be Veteran-specific.” Does this mean only 983 of the units will be open to veterans?

mountaingrannys Apr 23, 2016 - 12:38 pm

“The 28 developments will provide 2,124 units of housing; 983 of these will be Veteran-specific.” Does this mean only 983 units will be open to homeless veterans?

Julio Apr 23, 2016 - 4:46 pm

Curious, what is the location of this section 8 housing in Pittsburg?

mountaingrannys Apr 23, 2016 - 6:39 pm

The article doesn’t say anything about section 8 housing. The housing it is talking about has a link in the article you can go to for more info.

Old Pittsburg/Antioch Hwy Border Apr 24, 2016 - 3:55 am

Click on the link ‘Veteran Square Apartments’ to get the big picture on this development. Domus has already invested in downtown Pittsburg. The community should know by now if this is good for Pittsburg. The concept of retail space on ground floor and residential apartments above are sorely needed in downtown Antioch. We must first convince the Seniors that most of the old buildings are not worth saving.

John J Apr 24, 2016 - 11:28 am

This is a good move towards helping the homeless population. And really a collective $3 million is not a whole lot compared to the change it brings. I agree with the above commenter, Antioch is in need of this. I always wonder why Pittsburg and Brentwood are always a step ahead.

mountaingrannys Apr 24, 2016 - 7:30 pm

$3,016,385 is for just one of the projects, which sounds like the smallest one when you look at the numbers.

Julio Apr 24, 2016 - 4:08 pm

Divide 2124 units by 28 and the same with 983 and it isn’t a lot of units anywhere and who says they will be divided equally. Larger communities usually get more.. Any time you are dealing with the Department of Housing there is some kind of fly in the ointment. I’m sorry but I don’t see this as a gift from anyone. Let’s see how it plays out.

Marty Fernandez Apr 24, 2016 - 4:12 pm

Old Pittsburg. You are so right most of downtown Antioch needs to be torn down. Antioch is in need of this but this particular venture is to be in Pittsburg. Probably because they do a much better job. Antioch has put many millions into redesigning downtown and all we did was throw the money away. Three times I believe. Two at least.

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