New developments in Mountain View and San Jose provide 55 units of affordable housing for young adults who are at risk of homelessness
Santa Clara County, CA — The County of Santa Clara and partners are celebrating the completion of two affordable housing projects that have created 55 units of affordable housing for young people who are unhoused or at risk of homelessness.
The projects reflect the County’s commitment to ending homelessness among families with children as well as youth and young adults. Since October 2021, the County has helped 1,955 families find permanent housing, many of them households headed by young adults who have aged out of foster care.
The Heartwood Apartments, located in Mountain View, bring 48 units of affordable housing to northern Santa Clara County, including 13 units of permanent supportive housing for young adults between the ages of 18 and 24. The other units are devoted to families with children and adults who were unhoused or at risk of homelessness.
Sunrise Pavilion, located in San Jose, features 42 units of affordable housing. Half of the units are dedicated to permanent supportive housing for transition-aged youth; the other half provide transitional housing for them. These transitional housing units offer a safe and stable living environment for young adults who have aged out of foster care – with the goal of helping them achieve their personal goals and life skills to live independently.
The County contributed $14.75 million in funding to Heartwood, including $8 million from the $950 million Measure A Affordable Housing Bond, approved by county voters in 2016. The County provided $4.2 million in funding to Sunrise Pavilion, with $1 million coming from Measure A.
“Heartwood and Sunrise Pavilion have created 55 units of critically needed supportive housing for youth and young adults in our community who are at risk of homelessness,” said Greta Hansen, chief operating officer of the County of Santa Clara. “Along with our partners, we are committed to providing unhoused families and young adults with the housing and support they need to lead safe and healthy lives.”
The County launched a campaign called Heading Home in 2021, with the goal of making homelessness among Santa Clara County families with children, including pregnant women, as rare and brief as possible.
Over the first three years of the campaign, nearly 2,000 families with children (comprised of 2,820 adults and 3,797 children) obtained permanent housing, and an additional 218 families have been issued vouchers or are enrolled in other housing programs and are currently searching for a permanent home.
With 2016 Measure A Affordable Housing Bond funds, the County has invested in eight projects with units set aside for youth and young adults. The projects will create 181 units for transition-aged youth, most of which are already in operation. One of the projects in development is the new location for the Hub, a community center for foster youth that will include 20 units for youth transitioning out of foster care and 20 permanent supportive housing units for young adults.
The County Office of Supportive Housing will provide an annual update to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Nov. 5, regarding Heading Home, which supports the goals of the 2020-2025 Community Plan to End Homelessness.
Heartwood and Sunrise Pavilion are the result of a collaboration with numerous partners, including the cities of Mountain View and San José, developer Jamboree Housing Corporation, and the Santa Clara County Housing Authority, among others.
The permanent supportive housing units at these developments include case management and connections to services to help residents with things like career development, health and other benefits, legal advice and health care. The transitional housing at Sunrise Pavilion offers support services from the Transitional Housing Program-Plus, a program of the County Department of Family and Children’s Services, to help residents successfully navigate the complexities of young adulthood.
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