Valentine Road Apartments open
Ventura’s Valentine Road Apartments are now fully occupied by formerly unsheltered residents and the achievement was celebrated during a May 21 grand opening ceremony by Ventura city leaders and officials with Ventura Housing, the city’s nonprofit housing partner.
The former La Quinta Inn on Valentine Road now has 134 units of permanent supportive housing partially funded by a $32 million Homekey grant from the state of California. Officials said during the ceremony that this is the largest Homekey project completed in Ventura County.
“This milestone represents years of partnership, persistence and a shared belief that housing changes lives,” Ventura Mayor Dr. Jeannette Sánchez-Palacios said. “We’re grateful to Ventura Housing for their partnership and investment in permanent supportive housing for community members experiencing homelessness. Valentine Road is now home to 151 residents and stands as a powerful example of how cities, counties, nonprofits and state partners can work together to create meaningful, lasting solutions to homelessness.”…