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Residents, advocates urge Riverside council to reconsider rejection of Homekey funds for University Terrace project
Summary
Dozens of residents and advocacy groups urged the Riverside City Council to reverse its decision to decline roughly $20.1 million in Homekey funds for a supportive-housing project called University Terrace, warning of legal and fiscal consequences and pressing the council for a concrete housing plan.
Dozens of Riverside residents, tenants and legal advocates urged the City Council on April 7 to reconsider rejecting a Homekey grant the public said would have funded supportive housing at the University Terrace site.
Speakers at the public-comment period repeatedly said the state had offered about $20.1 million for the project and argued that accepting the funds would provide permanent homes and supportive services for vulnerable residents. "It is not a warehouse for the homeless. It is a community of homes for people who need a little extra help," Becky Watley told the council, urging members to change course.
Legal advocates and service providers pressed the council on the city’s statutory obligations. Ugochi Anabara Nicholson, a staff attorney at the Public Interest Law…
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