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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP HE21-019 and award a contract to The Illumination Foundation, of Orange, CA, to provide site operations and interim housing services at a 102-unit hotel property at 1725 Long Beach Boulevard that will be acquired through the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Project Homekey Program, in an annual amount not to exceed $2,000,000, for a period of 12 months, with the option to renew for an additional 12-month period, at the discretion of the City Manager; and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments; and
Increase appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department by $2,265,600, offset by grant revenues from HCD. (District 1)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with The Illumination Foundation to provide site operations and interim housing services for people experiencing homelessness at a City-owned 102-unit hotel property at 1725 Long Beach Boulevard under the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development’s (HCD) Homekey Program.
The purpose of the Homekey Program is to purchase and rehabilitate housing, including hotels, motels, vacant apartment buildings, and other buildings and convert them into interim or permanent, long-term housing. Awarded funds must be used to provide housing for individuals and families experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness and who are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the Homekey Program, projects must work with the Long Beach Coordinated Entry System (CES) to assess the participants’ housing barriers and then link participants with the program and supportive services appropriate to the specific household situation to quickly regain their stability into permanent housing.
In July 2020, the State of California (State) anno...
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