Vice Mayor Ashby to unveil Vista Nueva, a permanent supportive housing community...
- Councilwoman Ashby
- Oct 16, 2022
- 2 min read
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media contact:
Karina Talamantes, Chief of Staff, Office of Vice Mayor Angelique Ashby
ktalamantes@cityofsacramento.org | (916) 808-8001
Vice Mayor Ashby to unveil Vista Nueva, a permanent supportive housing community for families experiencing homelessness in partnership with Jamboree, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
Sacramento, Calif. (October 13th, 2022) – Today Vice Mayor Ashby opened the doors to the Vista Nueva hotel conversion project of a former Staybridge Suites in partnership with Jamboree Housing Corporation and the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA).
Vista Nueva is a permanent supportive housing community consisting of 63 studios, 39 one-bedrooms, and 14 two-bedrooms for families and children. That is 116 rooms that will serve over 200 individuals. Vice Mayor Ashby states, “This project is an important and effective strategy to bring our unhoused families into supportive housing with wrap-around services needed to thrive.”
“We’re excited about the hotel conversion of Vista Nueva, providing much needed housing for families and their children facing homelessness. It represents what’s possible when long-term partners continue to seek creative solutions to housing,” said Laura Archuleta, Jamboree president and CEO. This is Jamboree’s fourth collaboration with the city of Sacramento and SHRA – a partnership that has produced more than 350 units of affordable housing.
“Opening the doors to this community for 116 homeless families with children will renew hope and create a pathway to a better future that stable, safe housing can provide,” said SHRA Executive Director La Shelle Dozier. “This partnership between the City of Sacramento, SHRA, and Jamboree are essential to Homekey projects like Vista Nueva that can help address Sacramento’s homeless crisis.”
Funds were secured through Governor Newsom’s Project Homekey funding, a continuing statewide effort to sustain and rapidly expand housing for those experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. Administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), approximately $1.45 billion in grant funding is being made available to help local governments purchase hotels and motels to permanently house homeless individuals.
Gustavo Velasquez, Director of HCD, states, “The State of California is relying on these types of partnerships to help us achieve our goal of 2.5 million new units by 2030, and we are already seeing results locally, with HCD Homekey funds in the Sacramento region topping $130 million for 684 units in just two years.”
Excited to see Vice Mayor Ashby championing permanent supportive housing with Vista Nueva—this is exactly the kind of project our community needs. I've been following similar efforts through https://aivideomemegenerator.com
Reading this press release made me genuinely emotional — 116 families with children who now have a safe, stable place to sleep every night. That's not a statistic, that's hundreds of individual lives redirected toward possibility. I've been sharing this story widely and thinking about how to contextualize it for different audiences. I used the name numerology calculator on "Vista Nueva" out of curiosity — "new view" in Spanish, and the numerological profile is surprisingly aligned with themes of renewal and foundation. I checked the moon sign calculator for the October 13, 2022 opening date — a Capricorn moon, associated with structure and long-term stability, which felt fitting. I used the birthday planning countdown to mark the community's anniversary. The full screen countdown…
The partnership model here — City of Sacramento, SHRA, Jamboree, and state HCD funding — is worth studying as a template for other cities. No single entity could have pulled this off alone. The $130 million in Homekey funds for the Sacramento region over two years is a remarkable figure, and the 684 units it produced represent hundreds of families whose lives have been materially changed. I was so inspired by this that I started planning a community awareness event around housing issues in my own city. I used the wedding planning checklist framework (adapted for event planning) to organize the logistics — it's surprisingly versatile. I used the camping checklist printable to build a supply list for our outdoor info fair.…
This project is a reminder that homelessness is not an individual failure — it's a systemic one, and it requires systemic solutions. The wrap-around services mentioned by Vice Mayor Ashby are just as important as the physical housing itself. Mental health support, job training, childcare — these are the things that turn a roof into a foundation. I've been thinking about what "thriving" looks like for these families over time, and I used the pay raise calculator to model what income growth might look like for a parent moving from emergency shelter into stable housing and then into workforce re-entry — the trajectory is genuinely hopeful when the support systems are in place. I also used the body type calculator and protein…
What strikes me most about Vista Nueva is the mix of unit types — 63 studios, 39 one-bedrooms, and 14 two-bedrooms. That's intentional design for families of different sizes and compositions, not just a one-size-fits-all approach. It shows real thought went into who would be living there. As a nutritionist who sometimes volunteers with housing nonprofits, I think about how families transitioning out of homelessness often need support rebuilding basic routines — including cooking. Tools like the recipe calorie calculator and the cup converter are genuinely useful for families learning to cook on a budget in a new kitchen. The grams to cups converter is another one I recommend constantly — so many affordable recipes use mixed measurement systems. And the mixed number…