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Residents, service providers urge Riverside council to reconsider rejection of $20M Homekey award
Summary
Scores of residents, social-service providers and faith leaders urged Riverside City Council on Feb. 3 to reverse its January decision and accept a state Homekey award to convert the Quality Inn into 114 permanent supportive units, arguing Housing First is evidence-based, protects vulnerable residents and avoids loss of state funding.
Dozens of Riverside residents, providers and faith leaders urged the City Council on Feb. 3 to reconsider the council’s recent rejection of a state Homekey award for a 114-unit permanent supportive housing conversion at the Quality Inn (referred to in public comments as University Terrace).
Speakers repeatedly told the council that the state awarded about $20 million for the conversion and that the proposal prioritizes seniors, veterans and people with mobility disabilities. Christine Martin, a member of the public, told the council that Housing First is supported by research and argued the project would house “114 people currently unhoused in our city” and save the city an estimated “between $6 and $11,000,000 each year” in emergency and social-service costs, as presented to the council.
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