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California announces Homekey+ housing milestone under Proposition 1

Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California’s Homekey+ program has reached $1 billion in awards through Proposition 1 funding. The awards are funding more than 2,900 permanent homes, while Homekey and Homekey+ together have funded homes intended to serve more than 200,000 Californians experiencing the greatest need.

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What happened

Key facts

Governor Gavin Newsom announced a milestone for California’s Homekey+ program through voter-approved Proposition 1 funding (per ca.gov).
Homekey+ awards have reached $1 billion (per ca.gov).
Homekey+ is creating more than 2,900 permanent homes for vulnerable Californians, including veterans (per ca.gov).
Tomiquia Moss, Secretary of the California Housing and Homelessness Agency, said Homekey+ has funded nearly 3,000 affordable and supportive homes for Californians (per ca.gov).
Lindsey Sin, Secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet), said the awards’ significance lies in what they mean for veterans and their loved ones (per ca.gov).
Gustavo Velasquez, HCD Director, said Homekey and Homekey+ have funded homes intended to serve more than 200,000 Californians experiencing the greatest need (per ca.gov).
The Architect’s Newspaper headline says experts weighed in on California’s Proposition 45 (per archpaper.com).
KALW’s headline says Proposition 45 would change California’s environmental review process (per kalw.org, archpaper.com, statehornet.com).

The brief

Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California’s Homekey+ program has reached $1 billion in awards through voter-approved Proposition 1 funding. The program is creating more than 2,900 permanent homes for vulnerable Californians, including veterans, according to the state announcement. The announcement describes the funding milestone alongside the homes Homekey+ is supporting.

Tomiquia Moss, Secretary of the California Housing and Homelessness Agency, said the program has funded nearly 3,000 affordable and supportive homes for Californians. Her statement characterizes the awards as both a financial milestone and an investment in housing.

Lindsey Sin, Secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet), said the significance of reaching $1 billion in awards lies in what the investment means for veterans and their loved ones. The announcement identifies veterans among the Californians the program is creating homes for, but does not give a separate count of homes or residents connected to veterans.

Gustavo Velasquez, HCD Director, said Homekey and Homekey+ together have funded homes intended to serve more than 200,000 Californians experiencing the greatest need. That figure covers the two programs jointly; the announcement does not allocate it between Homekey and Homekey+. The state also said Newsom issued a proclamation declaring October 25, 2026 as Larry Itliong Day.

That proclamation is a separate announcement from the Homekey+ funding milestone. The state’s text names the proclamation but does not describe its contents beyond the declaration. Separately, headlines from The Architect’s Newspaper, KALW and The State Hornet concern California’s Proposition 45, not the Homekey+ announcement.

KALW says the proposition would change the state’s environmental review process, while The State Hornet characterizes it as expediting that process; The Architect’s Newspaper headline says experts weighed in. These headlines do not establish a connection between Proposition 45 and the Homekey+ awards.

Why it matters

The state says Homekey+ is creating more than 2,900 permanent homes for vulnerable Californians, including veterans.
The $1 billion Homekey+ award milestone provides a concrete measure of the funding announced for the program.
The combined Homekey and Homekey+ programs have funded homes intended to serve more than 200,000 Californians experiencing the greatest need, according to HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez.

What to watch next

Whether California announces further Homekey+ awards or housing milestones.
Whether the state provides additional information about the homes being created through Homekey+.
Whether Newsom publishes further details about the Larry Itliong Day proclamation.

How it's being covered

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Timeline

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Nov 2, 2004
The state enacted the Mental Health Services Act through Proposition 63 on November 2, 2004, creating a dedicated tax on high-income earners to fund mental-health services.
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2016
In 2016, voters approved Proposition 2, allowing up to $2 billion in revenue bonds backed by that tax to finance supportive housing for people who were homeless or at risk of homelessness and had mental-health needs.
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Nov 6, 2018
California voters approved Proposition 2, authorizing bonds for supportive housing for people with mental-health needs.
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Jan 7, 2019
Gavin Newsom was sworn in as governor of California.
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Mar 2020
Homekey followed Project Roomkey, a state-federal effort begun in March 2020 to use hotels and motels to provide temporary isolation housing for people at risk from COVID-19.
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Jun 30, 2020
Homekey+ builds on California’s Homekey program, which Governor Gavin Newsom announced on June 30, 2020.
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Mar 5, 2024
California voters approved Proposition 1, authorizing $6.38 billion in bonds for behavioral-health facilities and housing.
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How we got here

Before California’s 2026 Homekey+ funding milestone, the state had made Proposition 1 the program’s funding basis: voters approved the measure on March 5, 2024. Homekey+ builds on California’s Homekey program, which Governor Gavin Newsom announced on June 30, 2020.

The state initially committed $600 million in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to help local governments acquire and convert hotels, motels and other properties into housing for people experiencing homelessness.