![]() Landlord leadersĬolleen Brunetti is a longtime Santa Cruz County resident who owns rental properties in Watsonville and Corralitos. Others asked, as they do with all tenants, whether formerly unhoused tenants would be a good fit for the property. Some wanted to be sure they could charge a market-rate rent. ![]() However, some expressed reservations about the details of the Rehousing Wave program. Rehousing Wave launched this summer in part to find permanent housing for more than 800 Santa Cruz County residents who received temporary shelter and other services during the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020.Ī survey conducted by Santa Cruz Local in September and October revealed that some residents with rental properties or in-law units or extra rooms would like to provide housing for the unhoused. “ We know that if the voucher program doesn’t work for landlords, then it doesn’t work, period.” “It’s extremely important to us to make sure that participating in the voucher program is a good business decision for landlords,” Panetta said. Panetta is the executive director of the Housing Authority of Santa Cruz County. “For any landlords that may have participated in the program years ago, I’d encourage them to take a fresh look at what we’re offering,” wrote Jenny Panetta, in an email. Other incentives include 24-hour emergency support and one-on-one case management between tenants and county officials if landlords need help. There is now a $2,000 signing bonus for landlords. But there has been a longstanding problem of finding landlords to accept housing vouchers. ![]() The vouchers were issued across the nation through the American Rescue Plan. The county’s Rehousing Wave program offers more than 200 Emergency Housing Choice Vouchers for unhoused people or people at risk of being unhoused. SANTA CRUZ > As Santa Cruz County leaders try to help find rentals for some of the more than 2,000 unhoused people in the county, new incentives have targeted landlords to be a bigger part of the solution. It kicked off with community engagement surveys in September. (Kara Meyberg Guzman - Santa Cruz Local file)Įditor’s Note: This story is part of Santa Cruz Local’s series on homelessness. A home on Pelton Avenue in Santa Cruz is offered for rent in May 2020.
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