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Mercy House outlines Casa de Carmen navigation center and supportive housing at Second and B streets
Summary
Mercy House told Oxnard neighborhood council members that Casa de Carmen will combine 55 permanent supportive housing units and a 110‑bed low‑barrier navigation shelter, with unit move‑ins to begin this summer and shelter operations to follow.
Mercy House representatives briefed the Oxnard neighborhood council on plans for Casa de Carmen, a combined permanent supportive housing (PSH) project and navigation center to be located at Second and B streets in downtown Oxnard.
Nina Castellano, regional director for Mercy House, said Mercy House will operate 55 PSH units on the upper three floors and a 110‑bed, low‑barrier navigation shelter that will relocate from K Street to the new site. "It's a 110 bed shelter. It is operating as a low barrier shelter," Castellano said. She said Mercy House expects to "fill in the units first, hopefully starting Aug. 1, and then move into the shelter component" once construction and…
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