Home Depot Gifts $400K To Help Berkeley Organization House Veterans

BERKELEY, CA — The Home Depot Foundation has donated $800,000 to two Bay Area organizations to help build housing for homeless veterans, including a $400,000 grant for a Berkeley-based organization to build 32 new homes in Pinole.

That money will help Satellite Affordable Housing Associates complete 32 affordable housing units at the new Pinole Housing Facility, a project designed to help veterans exit homelessness and get set up for the future with services like grocery delivery, health care, exercise, community gardening and social events.

Elsewhere in the Bay, the foundation announced an equal grant for Homeward Bound of Marin, which will use the funds to build two dozen new one-bedroom units at the former Hamilton Army Airfield, providing permanent supportive housing for veterans in need.

Data from the National Low Income Housing Coalition identifies Marin County as one of the nation's most expensive rental markets, significantly limiting the availability of affordable options for veterans and their families who call it home.

The Bay Area grants are part of more than $2.6 million Home Depot has pledged across California, which has more than 10,000 veterans facing homelessness.