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Housing Santa Barbara Days 2020!

2020 Housing Flyer

Join us for the 3rd Annual Housing Santa Barbara Days! Due to COVID-19, we will be virtual! Beginning on Saturday, October 24th at 10:00 AM, we will be hosting eight virtual workshops throughout the week. All workshops are FREE! Click here to register: https://tinyurl.com/HOUSINGSB2020 On the day of the workshop, please visit the Housing Authority of […]

HACSB Status Report

Front view of 422 East Cota Street

For the benefit of the Board and the public, Housing Authority staff has prepared a summary overview of the Housing Authority’s affordable housing programs, including waiting lists and units in inventory, attached as Exhibit A. The data is intended to provide information regarding residents the Authority is currently serving as well as those needing assistance. […]

Section 8 Status Report

House with FOR RENT sign in front

The purpose of this report is to provide the Commission and the public with a summary update of the Housing Authority’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program utilization and outlook for the program into 2021. The HCV program is the Authority’s largest rental assistance program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban […]

KEYT: Seniors aided with affordable sanctuary at Gardens on Hope

Aerial view of The Gardens on Hope

By Blake DeVine Published July 1, 2020 10:43 am Seniors aided with affordable sanctuary at Gardens on Hope Courtesy PhotoThe Gardens on Hope offers 89 affordable housing units for eligible seniors 62 years and older. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. —As COVID-19 continues to reshape life throughout the country, one thing for certain is that the record-high increase in unemployment […]

SB Independent: Housing Authority Snags Downtown Lot in Santa Barbara

Proposed Development Rendering for 116 East Cota Street

City Approves $2 Million Loan for Four-Story Homeless Housing Project The City of Santa Barbara okayed a $2 million loan by the Housing Authority for a vacant lot at 116 East Cota Street on which to build a four-story complex of studios for 29 homeless people. | Credit: Courtesy By Nick Welsh Thu Jun 25, 2020 | 4:55pm […]

Letter to the Santa Barbara Community

HASB Logo

  June 5, 2020 Dear Santa Barbara Community Members: Across the country, citizens are protesting the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless other Black lives senselessly taken in moments of racially driven brutality. These ongoing acts of violence have provoked a historic level of protest, a response to the pervasive injustices […]