Feb 16, 2024

Vallejo to reopen Section 8 wait list: What that means for people who need housing

The Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance program will open next week for the first time since 2015....

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  Sep 11, 2023

Homeless support program underutilized in Vallejo as federal grant funds pile up

The housing division projected that the program would serve 90 households but only eight have received assistance so far....

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  Mar 28, 2023

Fired Vallejo housing manager sues city

Judy Shepard-Hall alleged that former City Manager Greg Nyhoff prevented her from receiving information about the navigation center project....

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  Mar 02, 2023

Vallejo City Council votes to buy two schools for community projects

The council voted unanimously at its regular meeting Tuesday to receive the Grant School in South Vallejo at no cost and voted 5-1 to purchase the Crest School in North Vallejo for $190,000....

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  Feb 24, 2023

Vallejo City Council asked to approve purchase of two closed schools

Vallejo is looking to purchase the former Crest School located at 1220 Gateway Drive in Northern Vallejo for at least $190,000 while also seeking to acquire the former Grant School located at 740 Fifth St. in South Vallejo....

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  Jan 12, 2023

Vallejo sees strong use of warming shelter during continued storms

Vallejo’s shelter was opened Monday and Tuesday nights inside the Vallejo Room on the first floor of the library and served 25 people on Monday night and 26 people on Tuesday...

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  Dec 15, 2022

Vallejo City Council approves waterfront development; split on ARPA funding

The Wintun Nation — owners and operators of the Cache Creek Casino Resort in the Capay Valley – plan to redevelop a parcel of land near the ferry terminal, turning 285 Mare Island Way into a destination for residents and tourists....

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  Jul 20, 2022

Vallejo council adopts its top priorities and goals

The Vallejo City Council was in full agreement Tuesday when it officially named economic development as the city’s top priority for the current fiscal year. The council also identified police reform, finding affordable housing, and providing youth programs as top multi-year goals....

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  Jul 15, 2022

City of Vallejo to pay back $2.6M in housing grant funding for ‘administrative errors’

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requested Vallejo pay back funds intended for the 75-unit Sacramento Street Apartments project....

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  Jan 04, 2022

Two people died in Vallejo’s Project RoomKey program

The two women died in their rooms last spring and weren't found for days....

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  Nov 23, 2021

Vallejo’s response to homelessness includes wasted millions, empty hotel rooms and police evictions

There is little room in Vallejo’s only homeless shelter. Its Project Roomkey program to put people in hotels during the pandemic has been winding down for months. Promises of new resources, like a navigation center, have gone on for years with little progress....

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