LEMON GROVE, Calif. — The City of Lemon Grove has initiated the first phase of its project to rehouse nearly 100 homeless individuals living near State Route 94. The effort, funded by an $8.4 million grant received in March, aims to provide permanent housing and essential services to the unhoused population in the area.
“I am on track to be housed any day now, I should be offered a place to go look at any time,” said Elliott Bender, a man experiencing homelessness who has been living on the streets of Lemon Grove for the past few months.
The project, a collaboration between the City of Lemon Grove and the Regional Taskforce on Homelessness, focuses on relocating individuals from the area near State Route 94 to permanent housing. The initiative will progress zone by zone, starting from the College Avenue exit to the 125…