Marin County To Offer Info On Housing Under Project Homekey

MARIN COUNTY, CA — Marin County and the local advocacy group Open Doors Marin will host a series of community information sessions this week on planned housing for homeless people.

County leaders and advocates for the homeless will discuss local programs made possible as part of the state's Project Homekey, a $750 million program started in 2020 to help counties acquire hotels, commercial buildings and housing to house people experiencing homelessness during the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed allocating another $750 million for similar efforts in the fiscal year that starts this summer.

In December 2020, Marin received about $8.6 million to help buy 63 units in San Rafael and Corte Madera, which will be available as permanent supportive housing.

The county has placed 320 people in permanent supportive housing since 2017.

Across the county, 486 people are currently living in vehicles, according to a news release from the county's public health department, which also states that the county has placed 46% more people in housing since the start of the pandemic.

Anyone can register to attend an information session through the Marin County Project Homekey webpage. All sessions will present the same information.

• Monday, April 19th @ 12 p.m.
• Tuesday, April 20th @ 8:30 a.m.
• Tuesday, April 20th@ 2 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 21st @ 12 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 21st @ 5 p.m.
• Thursday, April 22nd @ 8:30 a.m.

More information about Project Homekey in Marin is available here. Links to sign up for the information sessions can be found here.

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