Three area housing developments have received $16.2 million in state funds to provide new housing for homeless military veterans and their families.
An announcement from Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, says that $6.37 million was awarded through the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention program to the Grantville Veterans Housing project, $3.34 million went to the Vista del Puente in Southcrest in San Diego, and Veterans Village San Diego’s project in Escondido received $6.5 million.
The veterans housing program was created by Proposition 41 in 2014, and helps organizations acquire, construct, rehabilitate and preserve housing for veterans and their families. The state Department of Housing and Community Development says that at least half of the funds awarded are required to go to veteran households with “extremely-low incomes.”
“Thanks to the voters, we’re helping many low-income veterans avoid homelessness, and we’re helping many chronically homeless veterans with housing and the services they need to tackle the challenges that led to homelessness in the first place,” Atkins said in a statement.
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