City of Eureka and Linc Housing awarded $30.1 million in for 90 homes in three Eureka neighborhoods

I did a post in 2021 about Linc Housing and lawsuits.

https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2021/05/was-linc-housing-selected-for-parking.html?m=1

It is uncertain if this affordable housing gets built at all because that will be impacted by the 2024 ballot initiative put forward by Eureka Housing for All. Signatures still need to be verified for that initiative.

By the time any of these housing projects get built; homelessness continues to increase by the day in Humboldt due to the declining economy so demand constantly increases, there will still not enough affordable housing and there will still be people on the streets.  

The NIMBYs and Humboldt whiners who make $ off the misery of others by keeping Humboldt stagnant will still be complaining about poverty and homelessness while ignoring how many of them got rich using government subsidies and working the system for their businesses.

Danco is working on two projects, the one by Cooper Gulch and the other location is on 4th street in Eureka.  The 4th street location is the former Budget aka former Humboldt Inn which is still under construction. The 4th street location got funds to temporarily house and then move the same people when new funds were available. I already did posts about this months ago.

It has been at least two years of me walking by these two places and they are still not complete. With the waiting list,these places are already spoken for and new people who became houseless due to COVID and other reasons made worse by the Humboldt economy could be waiting another 5 to 10 years. People will never get out of this cycle because getting or maintaining a job with no place or stable housing is something callous Humboldtians who have multiple safety nets will never understand.

I hope not a cent of this money goes to Danco for any work. The City of Eureka can give that money to someone else for a change. Grant money goes to the same people and non profit agencies for decades. They hold the power who gets affordable housing and who does not.  At least, the City of Eureka is trying in recent years. The former good ole boy funded Eureka Council had the option to uplift people out of poverty and make Eureka prosperous. Those Eureka Council candidates and the good ole boys and gals elected to the County failed miserably.  These people ran on the promise of jobs and a better future and they have the gall to show their faces in public.

City of Eureka Press Release:

On August 30, 2023 the California Strategic Growth Council awarded $30.1 million to the City of Eureka and Linc Housing to support the construction of 90 homes in three affordable housing communities at 8th and G Streets, 6th and M Streets and Myrtle and Sunny Avenues, called the Eureka Scattered Site Project. 

The City and Linc Housing have been working together on the project since the Eureka City Council approved Linc Housing’s proposal in October 2020, after a Request for Proposals (RFP) process was completed with the aim of building affordable housing on City-owned parking lots as required by the City’s 2019-2027 Housing Element to meet State housing requirements. The AHSC funding will be used to leverage other funding in the coming months to complete the project. 

The grant includes funding for amenities at each housing site including short- and long-term bicycle parking, service offices, community rooms, laundry facilities, and playgrounds, as well as 3 years of no-cost transit passes and five years of no-cost broadband internet for resident households. The grant also provides over $9.2 million in funding to the City and Humboldt Transit Authority for significant public transportation, infrastructure and active transportation (bicycle and pedestrian) improvements, as well as approximately $750,000 in funding for impactful programs, including a workforce development program with Westside Community Improvement Association, a transportation safety/encouragement program with Redwood Community Action Agency, and homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing programs with Uplift Eureka.Community input was essential in shaping the AHSC application, which was submitted on April 4, 2023. From attending meetings, to submitting survey responses and offering letters of support, the AHSC grant would not be possible without the community’s input! 

The AHSC grant is administered by the California Strategic Growth Council in partnership with the California Department of Housing and Community Development, and funded from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, an account established to receive Cap-and-Trade auction proceeds. The AHSC Program aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by funding compact, affordable, infill housing, in conjunction with sustainable transportation improvements. This is the second time Linc applied for AHSC; the project narrowly missed out on funding during the previous 2021-2022 grant cycle.

This funding will provide the following benefits for all of our community along with a momentous economic boost to our economy:

• Partial construction costs for three affordable housing communities - $20,154,639

• Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure (“STI”) - Pedestrian and Bicycle Amenities - $2,974,042

• Public Transportation Amenities - $4,705,410

• Transportation-Related Amenities (“TRA”) - Bus Stop and Intersection Improvements - $1,575,750

• Programs - $756,600