Supervisors Joe Simitian and Otto Lee issued a challenge to partners throughout the public and private sector to join the County in supporting the creation of interim housing sites with supportive services. The Board ultimately approved a “Challenge Grant” of up to $40 million to jump start as many as 16 sites/projects for homeless individuals. The challenge grant can be leveraged by nonprofits and other qualified applicants to catalyze the development of supportive interim housing sites across the County. To date the Board has awarded $8 million to support the development of two new sites, one in Palo Alto and one is San Jose, providing more than 300 new unites of interim housing for individuals and families.
