https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/01/26/four-alameda-county-cities-seeking-state-grant-to-buy-homes-for-homeless-people/

Hoping to replicate the success of a program launched in Oakland in 2020, leaders of four Alameda County cities have agreed to jointly apply for millions of dollars in state grants to purchase about a dozen houses and convert them into permanent supportive housing for homeless people and people earning very low incomes.

Hayward, Union City, Livermore, and Piedmont are partnering with the homelessness prevention nonprofit Bay Area Community Services, and seeking about $12.5 million from the state’s Project Homekey to buy the homes, which could then be renovated lightly to accommodate up to six people each.