The City of San Diego and the San Diego Housing Commission are planning to purchase two Marriott hotels to turn into permanent apartments for 336 of the city’s homeless. The new tenants would likely be relocated from the San Diego Convention Center, which has been used as a temporary socially distanced-compliant homeless shelter since the pandemic broke out.
The purchase of the two Marriott Residence Inns—one in Mission Valley and another in Kearny Mesa—is made possible thanks to a $37.7 million grant from the state’s $600 million Project Homekey program, established to help house the homeless during the pandemic.
