Homekey Plus Supportive Housing Applications

At a glance

• What: Two joint applications to the State of California Housing and Community Development (HCD) Department's Homekey+ program for permanent supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness: Supportive Housing in People's Park (2556 Haste Street) with Satellite Affordable Housing Associates (SAHA), and the North Berkeley BART permanent supportive housing project with Insight Housing.
• Where it stands: Council adopted all four resolutions on the May 19, 2026 Consent Calendar: Resolutions No. 72,273-N.S. and 72,274-N.S. (People's Park) and No. 72,275-N.S. and 72,276-N.S. (North Berkeley BART). The City Manager or designee may prepare and submit the applications, take all actions needed for the City's participation, sign HCD's Standard Agreement and any amendments, and execute related documents.
• Next: State decisions on the applications are not in the record. City funding for the North Berkeley BART site is in North Berkeley BART Housing Funding.

Detail

• Consent items 6 and 7, both from the City Manager; contact Scott Gilman, Health, Housing, and Community Services. Financial implications: see report.
• Each item had two resolutions: one approving submission of the application and one authorizing the application and the City's participation in Homekey+.
• The People's Park resolutions were adopted including revisions in Supplemental Communications Packet 1 from the Health, Housing, and Community Services Department.
• Written communications: one letter on the People's Park item (Supplemental Communications 3) and one on the North Berkeley BART item (Supplemental Communications 2). The minutes list senders only, not positions.
• The whole Consent Calendar was adopted in one motion (Taplin/Tregub, all ayes) after 21 speakers on consent and information items.

Sources

• City Council regular meeting minutes, May 19, 2026 (approved minutes batch): https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-council/city-council-agendas

Log

2026-05-19 - City Council (regular)

Four Homekey+ resolutions (72,273 to 72,276) adopted on consent, all ayes.