A new start: Just completed Santa Barbara apartment complex gives some homeless permanent homes
A new start: Just completed Santa Barbara apartment complex gives some homeless permanent homes KCLU | By Lance Orozco Published September 1, 2023 at 1:51 PM PDT Jorge Alfaro checks out the view from the new Santa Barbara apartment complex that he now calls home. He had been living in his car for the last three years. […]
Affordable Apartment Project Receives Final Design Approval From Santa Barbara Review Board
Affordable Apartment Project Receives Final Design Approval From Santa Barbara Review Board All 48 units of the development at 220 N. La Cumbre Road will be for families with low and very low incomes by Joshua Molina, Noozhawk Staff Writer August 30, 2023 | 9:32 pm The proposed affordable housing project for 220 N. La […]
Free Backpacks and Supplies Given to 450 Santa Barbara Students at ‘Tools for School’ Event
City’s Housing Authority and 2nd Story Associates Hold 11th Back-to-School Giveaway Students were able to choose from a wide selection of backpacks, featuring cute designs and characters. | Credit: Courtesy of HACSB By Callie Fausey Tue Aug 15, 2023 | 11:45am For the 11th year in a row, the Housing Authority of the City of Santa […]
Santa Barbara Planning Commission Gives Green Light to 63-Unit Housing Project on West Carrillo Street
Housing Authority’s proposal to build a four-story development near downtown receives unanimous support by Joshua Molina, Noozhawk Staff Writer August 12, 2023 | 10:35 pm The 63-unit housing project proposed for 400 W. Carrillo St. was approved by the Santa Barbara Planning Commission on Thursday. (Courtesy rendering) Some housing projects in Santa Barbara […]
Santa Barbara Struggling to Identify How to Spend $3 Million in Affordable Housing Funds
Santa Barbara Struggling to Identify How to Spend $3 Million in Affordable Housing Funds City’s newly created HOPE Fund is at the center of an ongoing debate about how best to address workforce housing imbalance by Joshua Molina, Noozhawk Staff WriterJuly 16, 2023 | 9:30 pm Skip Szymanski, deputy executive director and chief operating officer of the […]
Santa Barbara City Housing Authority hosts Family Digital Literacy Day
By Drew AscionePublished May 8, 2023 1:04 pm SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif.– The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara hosted its Family Digital Literacy Day to provide HACSB families with free access to computers and low-cost internet eliminating a financial barrier for community members. “Digital technology can help enhance education and promote socioeconomic development, but for families to […]
The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara and Food Bank of Santa Barbara County Hold Monthly Food Distribution Event for Community Members
By The Housing Authority of the City of Santa BarbaraMon Mar 20, 2023 | 2:00pm Santa Barbara, CA, March 20, 2023 – The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara (HACSB) hosted its monthly Healthy Food Pantry event on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Presidio Springs Community Room located at 721 […]
HOPE Fund ‘Too Complex’ for Council
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Santa Barbara Council Pivots on Planned Fund for Affordable Housing Program
by Joshua Molina, Noozhawk Staff Writer In October, the Santa Barbara City Council received a report from political consulting firm Romo & Associates — the day before a big meeting on how to spend housing dollars. The next day, the council decided to create a $250,000 fund largely based on the consulting firm’s “white paper,” which suggested that […]