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Project Roomkey was a success. But data is lacking. And after the program ended, many participants remained homeless., one of Newsom’s signature pandemic initiatives, temporarily moved about 62,000 homeless Californians into hotel rooms in an effort to prevent them from catching COVID.
But the researchers acknowledged large holes in the accessible state and local data. For example, they couldn’t cross-reference death records or information about participants’ health, meaning they had no way to prove Roomkey prevented deaths or kept people healthier. “This has been a highly successful program by offering safety and stability to highly vulnerable unsheltered people,” Harkey told CalMatters in a statement. “This has proven that non-congregate shelter is a model we need to continue in our community.”
The positive connotation the researchers gave those results shows just how low the bar is for homelessness programs. Housing is notoriously scarce and expensive in California, and there is a“22% is actually pretty good for an exit into permanent housing,” Fiore said. San Francisco’s largest navigation center reported just 8% of the people who left its program ended up in permanent housing in 2022.
Amina Flores-Becker grew up in Fresno and has watched housing become unaffordable for many middle class and low-income neighbors. One major challenge with Roomkey, the deputy county administrative officer said, was a lack of housing options for people who left hotels, leading many back to the street.
Many people came to Roomkey from crowded shelters where as many as 300 people might share a room — perfect conditions for COVID to spread, Wan said. Without Roomkey, Wan suspects homeless shelters might have seen COVID mortality rates similar to those of– which, at the height of the pandemic, accounted for more than 40% of California’s COVID-related deaths.
“It really was a place for people to stabilize,” Fiore said. “Get rest. Get nourishment. Get services.”
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