The governor’s office said California has awarded 2,905 permanent supportive homes through the voter‑backed Homekey+ program since 2024; 828 of those homes are for veterans, the release said.
The office announced $115.2 million in new Homekey+ awards to create 329 affordable homes in five communities; 168 of the newly financed homes will be reserved for veterans, the release said.
The new awards include a nearly $40.6 million Homekey+ grant for 138 homes in Yuba City, with 70 units reserved for veterans; a nearly $18.7 million award to rehabilitate a 63‑unit building in San Francisco that will provide 44 supportive homes for veterans; a $16.2 million award for an 80‑unit project in Riverside with 28 veteran units; a nearly $20.9 million award for a 49‑unit Lompoc development with 19 veteran units; and an $18.8 million award to convert a Los Angeles motel into 62 units with seven veteran units, the release said.
The release said Homekey+ is funded in part by Proposition 1, the 2024 Behavioral Health Bond; approximately $1.03 billion in Proposition 1 bond funds were made available through Homekey+ for projects serving veterans, and another $1.11 billion was made available for projects serving all target populations through a mix of Proposition 1 and HHAP funds.
The governor’s office said Proposition 1 bonds are estimated, when fully awarded, to fund 6,800 residential treatment beds and 26,700 outpatient treatment slots for behavioral health.
The release placed these results in a larger context: it said the precursor Homekey program created nearly 16,000 interim and permanent homes since 2019 and served 30,000 people, and that California recorded a 6.8% decline in unsheltered homelessness, the largest numerical reduction of any state.
The California Department of Housing and Community Development, according to the release, issued the first Homekey+ awards less than six months after the Notice of Funding Availability; HCD said groundbreakings took place by Dec. 2025 and that acquisition and rehabilitation work is often underway less than five months from award, with the first projects nearing completion and lease‑up.
Gov. said, "Every Californian deserves a safe place to call home, especially the veterans who have bravely served our country," and the release credited the administration’s combination of funding, housing reforms and new behavioral health programs as the strategy behind the results.
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