Riverside County received an award of $29.5 million in state funding to create 147 units of permanent supportive housing for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness who are homeless, chronically homeless, or at-risk of homelessness, county officials announced on Monday.
The supportive housing units will be embedded within four newly built affordable apartment communities in the cities of Wildomar, Coachella, and Riverside. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2024.
The permanent supportive housing will be created through a partnership between the county and three affordable housing developers, Palm Communities, Abode Communities, and NPHS, Inc., that will develop, own, and operate the apartment communities in which the permanent supportive housing units are located.
Residents of the units will receive supportive services, including mental health care, substance use disorder support, and physical health care, and referrals to additional resources.
“This is one of the most significant investments in affordable housing that Riverside County has ever seen,” Heidi Marshall, director of Riverside County’s Housing and Workforce Solutions Department, said. “This is important because it will provide much-needed, supportive housing, wrap-around services, and stability to the most vulnerable residents in our community.”
Riverside County secured the No Place Like Home funding due in part to RUHS-Behavioral Health’s commitment to providing wrap-around services to the residents, coupled with the Housing Authority’s commitment to providing housing vouchers for the units.
