California Construction News staff writer
The City of San Jose is moving forward with a slew of housing solutions in response to combating the homelessness crisis, approving the purchase of the 89-room Arena Hotel with Homekey funds, and adding 561 new affordable housing units.
“The traditional approach to building housing is not fast enough to meet the urgency of this homelessness crisis,” said Mayor Sam Liccardo.
“San José is expanding on our success of quick-build interim housing, tackling unsheltered homelessness head on, and embracing nimble, innovative approaches that enable cost-effective and rapid solutions while remaining committed to permanent housing for our most vulnerable residents.”
Quick-build communities are built in a fraction of the time and cost of traditional apartments. In 2021, Liccardo set a goal of 1,000 resident beds in quick-build communities either completed, acquired, or under development by the end of 2022.
Council voted last week to expand on the success of the first three quick-build communities with the development of 400 additional interim housing beds across the city, and four new quick-build sites across San José that have the potential for another 280 resident beds total.
Councillors approved expansions at:
Council also approved:
Council voted to accept $25.2 million in state funding through Homekey for the purchase and conversion of the 89-room Arena Hotel on the Alameda in San José and approved $53 million for 448 new affordable apartments of permanent housing across in four individual developments, of which 197 will be reserved as permanent supportive housing (PSH) for people exiting homelessness including:
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