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On Tuesday, the Santa Barbara City Council voted unanimously to authorize an application from the city’s Local Housing Trust Fund for matched funding from the state. If successful, the match would double the trust’s existing $2.9 million and help finance affordable housing developments on Hope Avenue and Carrillo Street. Currently, the projects are slated for completion in 2027 and 2030, respectively.
Laura Dubbels, the city’s Housing and Human Services Manager, told the council that together the housing projects would provide more than 100 new affordable units for people who make 60 percent or less of the area’s median income.