Orange County United Way
December 9, 2024
TO:
Mayor and City Council Members,
City of Newport Beach
Received after Agenda Printed
December 10, 2024
Item No. 10
18012 Mitchell South 949.660.7600
Irvine, CA 92614 LlnitedWayOC.org
RE: Support for Travelodge North Homekey Project - Agenda Item 10 Orange County United Way writes today to express our support for the Travelodge North Homekey Project with American Family Housing that is under consideration for funding support. This development will contribute high -quality Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) to help end our county's homelessness crisis as part of the Homekey strategy.
This development is meeting a crucial and growing need in our community for an extremely vulnerable population and would deliver 78 units for people who have experienced homelessness. It also serves as an example of incredible collaboration between your city, the City of Costa Mesa, and the County of Orange in bringing housing solutions to reality.
In 2018, the Orange County United Way launched United to End Homelessness, a powerful collaboration among Orange County's top business, philanthropic, government, faith -based, and non-profit leaders committed to ending homelessness and ensuring housing and services are available for every individual who may need them. United to End Homelessness has been an influential voice in advocating for housing as the solution to end homelessness, and OCUW has always supported and maintained that affordable, stable housing is the building block to success.
Thank you for your support of this development and others in your city. We are grateful to you for your courage and willingness to improve the lives of those in -need in our community.
Sincerely,
Susan B. Parks
President & CEO
WE FIGHT FOR THE EDUCATION, HEALTH, HOUSING AND
FINANCIAL STABILITY OF EVERY PERSON IN ORANGE COUNTY.