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Santa Barbara, CA– Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County (Habitat Santa Barbara), was approved to receive a grant from the City of Santa Barbara’s Local Housing Trust Fund during a meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, June 30. The unanimous vote approved the recommended amount of $400,000 which was allocated from existing funds in the Local Housing Trust Fund (LHTF).
The funds will support the final phase of the Cota Street Affordable Homes project, an affordable homeownership development that will create five permanently affordable homes. One home was sold in July 2025, and two additional homes are scheduled to be sold later this year. The City of Santa Barbara’s LHTF grant will help complete the project’s third and final phase, bringing the total number of affordable homeownership opportunities to five.
Local funds from the City of Santa Barbara compliment a comprehensive fundraising strategy that is nearing the finish line, which includes a generous gift of land, thousands of hours of volunteer and sweat equity, private philanthropic donations, and recycled home improvement items…