Yurok Tribal Seal

Previously:

• County Supervisors Finalize Motel Purchase For Project HomeKey, Approve Budget Transfer for Escrow, Closing Costs

• The Legacy: A Year Following Its Purchase County Will Begin Physical Transformation to Permanent Supportive Housing Program

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The Yurok Indian Housing Authority has received $2.2 million in state Project Homekey dollars to turn a 10-unit motel in the Klamath Glen area into housing for the homeless, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.

The Yurok Homeless Housing Klamath Glen project is one of six Newsom announced he was awarding $70 million to through Homekey, a multibillion-dollar investment to get “the most vulnerable people off the streets,” according to a news release from the governor’s office.

The Klamath Glen project is the second Project Homekey endeavor in Del Norte County following the county’s purchase and transformation of the Coastal Inn & Suites in Crescent City to the Legacy in 2020.

The Yurok Homeless Housing Klamath Glen project will provide permanent housing to residents along with services ranging from behavioral health to employee readiness, according to Newsom’s office. The units will be furnished and equipped with a kitchenette, and the site will include an office, laundry facility and on-site storage.

The Klamath Glen project is also located near a public transit stop, according to the news release.

Statewide, the new Homekey projects are expected to provide 232 housing units for those who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of becoming homeless.

The Klamath Glen project is one of 55 Homekey endeavors the state has approved since Newsom announced a $2.75 billion extension of the program last year. Since then, the Homekey program has created 3,195 units for unhoused Californians, according to the release.

Meanwhile, the Legacy, which Del Norte County bought using $1.9 million in Homekey dollars, housed 37 residents who would otherwise be homeless as of December. Though they were already housing folks, the county was just beginning to renovate the former motel to add kitchenettes, a laundry room and a community kitchen, then Health and Human Services director, Heather Snow, told the Outpost.

Yurok Tribal representatives could not be reached for comment on the Homeless Housing Klamath Glen project.

For more information about Homekey projects, click here.

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