FRESNO, Calif. ( KSEE/KGPE )- Mayor Jerry Dyer of Fresno announced on Friday that the city has been awarded additional funding from Homekey Round 3 that will be used to convert another Fresno motel into permanent housing.
Officials say the City of Fresno, in partnership with the Fresno Rescue Mission and the Fresno Mission Communities, says they will receive $9,598,131 in funding for City Studios. The rehabilitation project will turn the former Travelodge at 3876 N. Blackstone Avenue into 33 permanent housing units serving people experiencing homelessness and chronic homelessness, plus one manager unit.
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“We are committed to ending chronic homelessness in Fresno and to providing support for people who need it, and funds like this help us tremendously in that effort,” Dyer said.
Officials with the City of Fresno say they have received a total of $137,880,079 of Homekey funding from the State of California.
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