New center will have 24-hour supervision and is geared for the chronically homeless.
Homeless advocate Nichole Gardner has brought hot home-cooked meals, blankets, tents and sleeping bags to the unhoused, sat with them in their encampments, and learned their names and stories. And now some of the people she calls friends will get a second chance through the city’s new transitional housing program.
The program is geared for adults without children who have been staying outdoors or in vehicles. Referrals will primarily come from the city, which will oversee the program. No other city in Contra Costa County has its own transitional housing center, Thorpe told those at the ribbon-cutting, noting others rely on the county to help their unhoused.Under the terms of the lease, the motel owner, Rudram LLC, will be paid $1.17 million a year, with the money coming from American Rescue Plan Act funds. The agreement allows two two-year lease extensions. The agreement includes furnishings for the motel – minus phones and TVs.
Visitors look over a bedroom at the Executive Inn on Thursday, April 27, 2023, in Antioch, Calif. A maximum of 45 people can be housed at the inn, with the typical stay expected to be 120 to 180 days in the transitional housing project. “Sometimes it takes a while,” Thorpe said. “But that moment will never leave my life, ever. Because I know that that prayer is why we’re here today. We’re here because of Vicki. She kept coming back to push us forward and advocate.”
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