"Tasheana Price used to sleep in the door frame of a building near the Palo Alto Caltrain station. Now, she works with homelessness nonprofit LifeMoves to manage volunteers at the organization's drop-in service center downtown - the same place where she received case management herself about 10 years ago."
"The Homekey site at 1237 San Antonio Road is the first interim housing project of its kind in Palo Alto, offering 88 apartments for families and individuals experiencing homelessness. In addition to on-site amenities like laundry and play areas for children, residents will be able to access case management services to help secure permanent housing, jobs, healthcare and more."
"For the city, the Thursday event marked the completion of a project that officials first proposed nearly five years ago and that has only grown urgent in the past year, as the city has seen its population of homeless individuals more than double. Most of them live in oversized vehicles, dozens of which have been parked for months next to the Homekey site."
"The new complex stands on a city-owned property near the Mountain View border. In addition to providing the land, Palo Alto will continue to pay $1 million annually to help fund operations, Mayor Vicki Veenker said at the ceremony."
Tasheana Price, formerly experiencing homelessness near the Palo Alto Caltrain station, now works with LifeMoves to manage volunteers at a downtown drop-in service center. She attended the May 14 ribbon-cutting for Homekey Palo Alto, an interim housing project at 1237 San Antonio Road. The project offers 88 apartments for families and individuals experiencing homelessness, with on-site amenities including laundry and play areas for children. Residents can access case management to help secure permanent housing, employment, healthcare, and other supports. The city-owned site near the Mountain View border is the first interim housing project of its kind in Palo Alto. Palo Alto provides the land and pays $1 million annually for operations as homelessness has increased sharply.
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