Section 8 Status Report
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 […]
NewsPress: Census truck drives through SB
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VOICE: Voucher Program at Housing Authority Offers Security During Pandemic
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VOICE: Voucher Program at Housing Authority Offers Security During Pandemic
KEYT: Seniors aided with affordable sanctuary at 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
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
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 […]
SB Independent: Stable Affordable Housing Works
Stable Affordable Housing Works
Women’s Fund awards 2nd Story Associates $100,000
On May 6, 2020, the Women’s Fund awarded grants to nine local nonprofits totaling $685,000 from membership donations collected during 2019. These grants bring the total awarded to local nonprofits to nearly $7.9 million since the Women’s Fund was founded in 2004. Low-income seniors have a better chance of staying in their homes with onsite […]