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10-Year Homeless Action Plan Update: Key Strategies for Housing, Health, and Income

This update outlines 3 key strategies for tackling homelessness: housing, health, and income. It details plans for over 4,000 units of permanent affordable housing, support for health coverage, and initiatives to boost economic well-being. The goal is to move towards long-term solutions, avoiding the need for shelters or transitional housing. The comprehensive plan aims to address the root causes of homelessness and improve the quality of life for vulnerable individuals. Training programs and system-wide coordination efforts are underway to scale up these initiatives. The plan emphasizes evidence-based practices and leveraging opportunities like the Affordable Care Act. Stay tuned for further updates and engagement with local governing bodies.

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10-Year Homeless Action Plan Update: Key Strategies for Housing, Health, and Income

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  1. 10-Year Homeless Action PlanUPDATE Jenny Abramson CoC Quarterly Meeting July 17, 2014

  2. 3 Key Strategies • Housing • Health • Income

  3. 4,128 units of Permanent Affordable Housing • 1,015 units affordable to 30% of Area Median Income (no services) • 2,154 Permanent Supportive Housing (long-term services) • 330 facility-based SROs via acquisition/conversion • 389 set-asides in affordable housing developments • 330 master-leased units in existing housing • 1,105 units in existing housing created with rental assistance

  4. 4,128 units of Permanent Affordable Housing • 959 units of Rapid Re-Housing (with short-to-medium term case management)—rental assistance in existing housing • Plan will not designate a need for shelters or transitional housing • Describes opportunity to convert facilities to permanent housing at some point • Will describe research needed for cost-effective short-term solutions

  5. Residents spending >30% of income on housing

  6. Residents spending >45% of income for Housing + Transportation

  7. Permanent Housing vs. Current Costs of Chronic Homelessness (2004, SF)

  8. 4,128 units of Permanent Affordable Housing • Existing housing (rental assistance & master-leasing) • Total 2,394 units--58% • New Construction (set-asides & conversions) • Total 1,734 units (42%) • ~1400 new units @ $350K = $491,400,000; • 330 acquisition/conversion @ $200K each – $66 million. • Total construction cost $557.4 million • Local investment needed = ~$162 million

  9. Health • Enroll 100% of homeless persons in health coverage • Establish primary care • Ensure access to mental health and substance abuse treatment (parity) • Build agency capacity to obtain Medi-Cal reimbursement for case management and other services needed to house vulnerability people in the community

  10. Income • Economic Wellness: bundled benefits, financial education, asset-building • SOAR Benefits Initiative for ~50% of homeless who are presumed eligible for SSI/SSDI • First-time approval • Results in income that offsets housing costs • Work-Readiness Initiative for ~50% of homeless who are not disabled • At $9 min. wage + bundled benefits, a person can be self-sufficient in housing

  11. Build the Capacity to Scale Up • Training in evidence-based practice (EBPs) • Put existing EBPs onto Upstream Portfolio, especially Housing First, Rapid Re-Housing • Use opportunities presented by Affordable Care Act • System-Wide Coordinated Intake

  12. Coming Up • Final Stages of drafting Plan Update • Board of Supervisors—August • City Councils—September

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