New Housing for Veterans
Our goal is ending veteran homelessness in Marin.
Community support for veterans
We celebrated the Grand Opening in June for Puett Place, our new building with 24 apartments for unhoused veterans. When fully occupied, this building has the potential to end veteran homelessness in Marin County!
The project expands our supportive housing programs in Novato, providing onsite staff to support residents as they build resilience and the capacity to thrive in their new homes. Your gift will help provide nightly meals and community activities to serve residents in the first year.
Housing to bring veterans home
With community partners, Homeward Bound has identified veterans in Marin who lack stable housing. When fully occupied, we expect the new housing will bring the number of unhoused veterans close to zero and ongoing collaboration can find timely solutions for any veteran who falls into homelessness.
“Ending veteran homelessness is a goal that we have all been working toward because it’s absolutely the right thing to do.”
“This significant and timely project marks a milestone for our community,” says Mary Kay Sweeney, Co-Chief Executive Officer for Homeward Bound.
Transforming futures with new housing and facilities
Housing for veterans opened as Phase 1 of a larger development that will provide workforce housing and space to grow our social enterprise businesses. Another 26 apartments will soon welcome individuals and families transitioning out of homelessness, while an adjacent site is being developed to expand our culinary training and social enterprises.
This project will complete our Novato campus, where the New Beginnings Center shelter opened in 2000. The campus also contains our Admin Offices, the Next Key Apartments, and The Key Room event space and kitchen. You can find more details on the site plan and the overview of programs being added to our campus.
We’d love to tell you more about the visionary scope of the project and how your support will help people transform their futures. Please contact Development Director Corry Kanzenberg.
Funding for new veterans housing
Key funding to launch the veterans housing comes from a $4 million California state budget allocation; a $3 million grant from the California Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention Program; a $2 million commitment from the County of Marin, and $2.2 million from Marin Community Foundation. The project also received a federal budget allocation of $750,000 and a $400,000 grant from The Home Depot Foundation, with support for pre-development costs from the City of Novato and Tamalpais Pacific.
