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CalMatters spent two years researching Homekey. Here’s what we found
Gov. Gavin Newsom created Homekey in 2020 amid the peak of COVID-19 and pressure to do something about the state’s persistent homelessness crisis. The state program sought to get money into the hands of local governments to create housing for homeless residents while cutting red tape.  But the program came with little built-in oversight. Earlier […]
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According to CalMatters’s source item, CalMatters spent two years researching Homekey. Here’s what we found, Gov. Gavin Newsom created Homekey in 2020 amid the peak of COVID-19 and pressure to do something about the state’s persistent homelessness crisis. The state program sought to get money into the hands of local governments to create housing for homeless residents while cutting red tape. But the program came with little built-in oversight. Earlier […]
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