City Council

CC 10. Resolution of the City Council of the City of Lancaster authorizing a joint application to and\nparticipation in the Homekey+ program for a permanent supportive housing development\nlocated at 43530 17th St. West\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Adopt Resolution 25-XX, authorizing the City Manager or designee to prepare and submit\na joint application with Greenland Symmetry (Greenland) to the State of California Housing\nand Community Development (HCD) Department’s Homekey+ program for the Lancaster\nInn Permanent Supportive Housing development in an amount not to exceed $33,000,000.\n2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to take all necessary actions for the City’s\nparticipation in HCD’s Homekey+ program, including entering into HCD’s Standard\nAgreement and any amendments, subject to the concurrence of the City Attorney.\n3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to negotiate and execute a three-way agreement\namong the City of Lancaster, the owner of the subject property, and Greenland to pursue\nHomekey+ grant funding (“Tri-Party Agreement”), subject to the concurrence of the City\nAttorney.\nHomekey+ is a new program funded by Proposition 1 to build permanent supportive housing\nfor populations struggling with mental health and/or substance use disorders. There is $1.033\nbillion available for veterans and $1.11 billion for all other eligible populations. It has a\nsimilar model to the original Homekey program which encouraged rehabilitation and\nconversion of existing buildings into permanent affordable housing. Greenland is an\nexperienced developer who has successfully built Project Homekey funded facilities in Los\nAngeles County. This project directly supports the goals of the Homekey+ initiative and\nProposition 1 by expanding deeply affordable, service-enriched housing for vulnerable\nresidents of the Antelope Valley.