San Diego County supervisors approved a project this week that could build nearly 1,900 “zero-net-energy” solar-powered homes, condos, commercial space, parks, trails, open space, a school site, a fire/sheriff’s station and a hotel in South County.
Fifty-six additional unsheltered people in the unincorporated areas of the region now have a roof over their head and a bed to sleep in thanks to the expansion of the County Health and Human Services Agency’s Hotel/Motel Voucher Program.
The County of San Diego Board of Supervisors today voted to let the Health and Human Services Agency to apply for and receive nearly $10 million from state funds to address homelessness in the region.
People experiencing homelessness in the County’s unincorporated areas during the coming rainstorms can find shelter thanks to the County’s Inclement Weather Shelter Program.
The County Health and Human Services Agency was awarded more than $1.7 million in federal funds to house people with disabilities.
The County will fund more than 2,600 affordable housing units in the region by 2025. Those units will house over 5,000 San Diegans.
The County of San Diego is now accepting applications from residents and nonprofit organizations on ideas to improve neighborhoods and communities.
