Alameda County is awarding $50 million in Measure W Home Together Funds, and it’s expected to help deliver over 900 new permanently affordable homes.
Jesse Williams knows just how influential this will be for some people.
“All of a sudden you’re sitting on a bench not knowing what to do,” said Williams, remembering the time he was unhoused and sleeping on a park bench. “Twenty years ago, but still a memory very fresh in my mind. Just ended up homeless all of a sudden. Some family issues, we lost some property and not knowing what to do. It was so sudden.”…