A hotel in Carson will soon be converted into studio apartments as part of a statewide initiative to create interim and permanent housing solutions for vulnerable Californians grappling with homelessness.
Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative is working with two local homeless service providers to transform three hotels in Carson, Palmdale and Lancaster.
Once completed, the project will convert these establishments into a combined total of 309 studio apartments, which will serve as interim and permanent supportive housing for people experiencing or at risk of becoming homeless.
“We must do everything we can to find safe, permanent housing for people experiencing homelessness,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell, who represents the Second District, said in a statement. “As we continue important efforts to build new housing to address this crisis, we must also actively pursue innovative options to use existing buildings to create more immediate housing options,” she added.
A timeline for the hotels’ renovation has not been provided by county officials.
The ambitious endeavor is made possible through the third round of Homekey grants, coupled with funding from Los Angeles County.
The state has allocated $90.6 million Homekey grants to support the projects. The county, on the other hand, has committed $30.2 million to the initiative from its American Rescue Plan Act funds. In addition, services on the sites will be supported by money from Measure H, a 10-year quarter-cent sales tax approved by voters in 2017 to address homelessness.
In Carson, the nonprofit Weingart Center Association will lead the renovation of a former Extended Stay America hotel. The project, dubbed “The Weingart Primrose”, will include 107 studio apartments completed with on-site wraparound services.
The building will feature amenities such as a community patio and pet area, along with landscaping and security improvements. Certain units will be upgraded to…
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