City Council

CC 10. Resolution of the City Council of the City of Lancaster authorizing a joint application to and participation in the Homekey+ program for a permanent supportive housing development located at 43530 17th St. West Recommendation(s): 1. Adopt Resolution 25-XX, authorizing the City Manager or designee to prepare and submit a joint application with Greenland Symmetry (Greenland) to the State of California Housing and Community Development (HCD) Department’s Homekey+ program for the Lancaster Inn Permanent Supportive Housing development in an amount not to exceed $33,000,000. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to take all necessary actions for the City’s participation in HCD’s Homekey+ program, including entering into HCD’s Standard Agreement and any amendments, subject to the concurrence of the City Attorney. 3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to negotiate and execute a three-way agreement among the City of Lancaster, the owner of the subject property, and Greenland to pursue Homekey+ grant funding (“Tri-Party Agreement”), subject to the concurrence of the City Attorney. Homekey+ is a new program funded by Proposition 1 to build permanent supportive housing for populations struggling with mental health and/or substance use disorders. There is $1.033 billion available for veterans and $1.11 billion for all other eligible populations. It has a similar model to the original Homekey program which encouraged rehabilitation and conversion of existing buildings into permanent affordable housing. Greenland is an experienced developer who has successfully built Project Homekey funded facilities in Los Angeles County. This project directly supports the goals of the Homekey+ initiative and Proposition 1 by expanding deeply affordable, service-enriched housing for vulnerable residents of the Antelope Valley.