Santa Cruz adopts three-year strategic plan to cut homelessness, boost affordable units

by Aditi Praveen Kariyanahalli, Bay City News June 28, 2024June 26, 2024

The Santa Cruz City Council listens to a presentation on the city's Homelessness Response Strategic Plan on June 25, 2024. The council unanimously approved the three-year plan, which aims to reduce the total number of unhoused people in Santa Cruz and increase the amount of available affordable housing units. (Santa Cruz City via Bay City News)

The Santa Cruz City Council has unanimously approved a program to reduce housing insecurity and homelessness in the city.

Through various initiatives, the Homelessness Response Strategic Plan aims to reduce the total number of unhoused people in Santa Cruz and increase the number of affordable housing units available. The plan will span the period of July 2024 to June 2027.

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Aditi Praveen Kariyanahalli, Bay City News

Aditi Praveen Kariyanahalli is a digital media intern at Bay City News through the Dow Jones News Fund. She is a rising senior at Fordham University, double majoring in journalism and political science. She serves as the arts & culture editor at The Fordham Observer, her university’s student newspaper. Aditi enjoys writing about visual art, local politics and housing justice. In her free time, she loves to read and swim.

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