More Affordable Housing On Track for Santa Barbara’s Westside
City’s Housing Authority Plans to Replace and Add Affordable Units to Monteria Village By Christina McDermottWed Sep 24, 2025 | 1:43pm The current Monteria Village | Credit: Courtesy Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara This article was underwritten in part by the Mickey Flacks Journalism Fund for Social Justice, a proud, innovative supporter of […]
Housing Authority Makes Sure Kids Are Equipped With Tools for School
August 26, 2025 | 2:25 pm The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara (HACSB), in partnership with its nonprofit affiliate 2nd Story Associates, hosted the 13th Annual Tools for School event recently, distributing some 400 backpacks filled with school supplies to about 200 families. Tools for School is a free event for Housing […]
17 Teens Graduate from Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara’s “Preparación, Bienestar y Cultura” (Preparation, Well-being and Culture) Program With a Focus on Career and College Prep
By Housing Authority of the City of Santa BarbaraTue Aug 12, 2025 | 10:25am Santa Barbara, CA — August 11, 2025 — The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara (HACSB), in coordination with 2nd Story Associates, has completed its “Preparación, Bienestar y Cultura” (Preparation, Well-being and Culture) free four-week summer initiative focused on “life preparation” with 17 teens graduating […]
Scholarship Foundation Expands its Future Scholars Program
July 28, 2025 | 4:15 pm The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara has expanded its innovative Future Scholars summer program, forging alliances with four new partner organizations to broaden instructional opportunities for area youth. New program partners this year include Boys & Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast, People’s Self-Help Housing, Lompoc Middle School, and […]
City Housing Authority Awarded $5.898 Million in Homekey+ Funding to Repurpose Motel into 33 Permanent Supportive Homes
Santa Barbara, CA – The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara (HACSB) is proud to announce it has been awarded $5,898,178 in Homekey+ funding from the California Department of Housing & Community Development (HCD). This funding, along with the City of Santa Barbara’s generous contribution of $6 million to support acquisition costs and […]
Rob Fredericks: Congress Must Act to Prevent a Surge of Homelessness in Santa Barbara
June 19, 2025 | 1:30 pm More than 1 million families nationwide are at risk of losing the very thing that makes stability possible: a safe affordable place to call home. Here in the City of Santa Barbara, more than 900 households could lose their rental assistance under President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2026 federal budget. That’s […]
Housing Authority Plans Major Rehaul of Presidio Springs Senior Housing
Proposed Redevelopment Would Bring Additional 205 Units over Course of 10 Years By Ryan P. CruzWed Apr 02, 2025 | 10:09am Early renderings of the Presidio Springs redevelopment by the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara, viewed from the corner of De la Guerra and Garden Streets | Credit: Cearnal Collective The Housing Authority […]
Family Self-Sufficiency Program Celebrates Its Graduates
Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara Program Fosters Independence for Section 8 Residents Proud graduates of the Family Self-Sufficiency Program pose with family members, program mentors, and city Housing Authority sponsors, having completed the five-year program. | Credit: Elijah Valerjev By Elijah ValerjevThu Mar 20, 2025 | 4:11pm “You guys were the light at […]
Santa Barbara Housing Authority Stops Issuing New Section 8 Vouchers
The decision, to affect thousands of low-income residents, is made in part because of expected cuts in federal funding Rob Fredericks, executive director of the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara, says it has stopped issuing new Section 8 housing vouchers, in part because of the possibility of federal funding cuts for human […]
