Checkout time: Pandemic hotels for Bay Area homeless residents set to close

Checkout time: Pandemic hotels for Bay Area homeless residents set to close

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https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/10/10/checkout-time-pandemic-hotel-rooms-for-bay-area-homeless-residents-set-to-close/

The Bay Area is winding down the grand experiment that sheltered thousands of its homeless residents in safe environments during the pandemic, raising fresh concerns about the spread of COVID-19 as officials scramble to find alternative housing.

Gov. Gavin Newsom launched Project Roomkey in April, a first-of-its-kind program that moved unhoused residents into hotels to protect them from the virus. Six months later, with federal funding sources poised to expire, Bay Area counties are moving to close those hotels — some in the next few months.