Housing for formerly incarcerated adults coming to former Sacramento motel
A new housing complex is opening later this month in Sacramento for adults who were recently incarcerated.
Nonprofit Hope Cooperative is opening the transitional housing project, called Renewed Hope, at the corner of Stockton Boulevard and Mack Road in south Sacramento. The property is a former Quality Inn that has been redeveloped into housing for 59 people, said Joe Smith, Hope Cooperative’s director of residential services.
The facility, set to open May 22, will offer meals, wellness and recovery groups, and intensive case management from a multidisciplinary team, Smith said.
Infrastructure funding for the project comes from Kaiser, HealthNet, Molina and Anthem, Smith said. Additional funding comes from the state via its CalAIM program and its Behavioral Health Bridge Housing program.
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors in July unanimously approved using $26 million in funds from the Behavioral Health Bridge Housing program for the project through June 30, 2027, according to a county staff report. The contractors will be Bridges Professional Treatment Services, First Step Communities and Hope Cooperative, also known as TLCS, Inc.
An LLC associated with Hope Cooperative bought the property last month for $9.5 million, according to the Sacramento County assessor’s office.
Criminal charges can make it harder for people to find housing, as landlords sometimes find the charges when they perform background checks.
The issue becomes even more severe when an area has a high demand for housing, as Sacramento does, making it competitive for tenants.
The city has fallen behind its housing goals. To keep up with its goal of building 45,580 new housing units by 2029, the city would have had to issue 5,698 new housing permits last year, according to recent city report. It issued 2,387. Of those, 407 were units for extremely low or very low-income tenants, the report stated, less than goal of 1,308.
About one-third of all bookings at Sacramento County Main Jail and Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center involve a homeless person, a Sacramento Bee investigation found last month. Many of those are arrested for offenses related to being homeless. After leaving jail they typically end up back on the streets, The Bee reported.
