City Council and Authorities Concurrent
July 14, 2026

Timeline of Santa Clara Family Community Interim Housing Project July 13, 2021 ​
City Council study session on Project Homekey​
August 24, 2021 ​
City Council study session on Homelessness, feedback to apply to Project Homekey for transitional housing site​ November 9, 2021 ​
City Council study session, feedback to continue to work with LifeMoves to identify a site within Santa Clara​ November 2021 ​
County Board directs County Office of Supportive Housing (OSH) to identify potential sites for interim housing in proximity to services and to work with local jurisdictions to bring forward projects​ April – October 2022 ​
City’s Homelessness Taskforce identifies need for interim housing in Santa Clara​ Fall 2022 ​
LifeMoves and Sobrato Philanthropies approach County with proposal to build interim supportive housing at Lawrence-Benton site​ January 10, 2023 ​
City Council feedback to conduct outreach and explore interim housing at the Lawrence/Benton site​ ​
Early 2023​
City, County and LifeMoves staff conduct outreach including two in-person meetings and two virtual meetings. Meetings were well attended and community members raised concerns about the suitability of the site, impacts on public safety, and the viability of the project.​ 2023​
Project team makes significant changes to the project reducing density from 124 units to 30 units and changing the target population from singles to families with children.​ May 2, 2023​
June 27, 2023​
City Council authorizes the City Manager’s office to negotiate and execute a three-party letter of intent between the City, County and LifeMoves and allocated $6.5 million in funding for operations of the project.​ July 2023​
County submitts a Homekey application to HCD.​
May 6, 2025​
State awards $25.7 million in Homekey Round 3 funds to the project.​ July, 2026​
Building Permit, NEPA, Revenue Agreement​
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