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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 […]

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 […]