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Updated: February 10, 2026 @ 6:10 am
Foster City is weighing options for supportive housing services in a newly vacant home, which will likely be made available for those with disabilities.
Providing such housing has been a longtime initiative, however, it’s often difficult to fund and manage. However, a newly vacant city-owned single-family, three-bedroom house is providing the opportunity to increase its supportive housing stock.
The city has a total of six city-owned units through its Existing Unit Purchase Program, but it’s difficult to operate support services at those sites. While the city regulates two senior housing sites through its below-market-rate housing program, it does not currently own any supportive or special needs housing, according to a staff report.
“Most traditional supportive housing is in larger apartment complexes where you have space for on-site services, so supportive housing for individuals needing extensive onsite services is really not feasible at these units because they are single family homes and duplexes,” Housing and Sustainability Manager Nori Jabba said. “So the city will need to enter into an agreement with a service provider.”
The city plans to contract with a nonprofit agency to provide the support services and is just beginning the request for proposal process. The proposal is still in the early stages, and specific eligibility criteria and therefore service providers have yet to be finalized. The new housing could go toward seniors with disabilities or victims of domestic violence with a household member that has a disability or veterans with disabilities, among others.
The house also requires some rehabilitation work, which could take about three to four months.
“When a unit is vacant, because we’ve owned them for a long time, they’re going to need some updating and rehabilitation,” Jabba said.
The City Council unanimously approved moving forward with the proposed supportive housing use.
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