10-Year Homeless Action PlanUPDATE

Jenny AbramsonCoC Quarterly Meeting

July 17, 2014

3 Key Strategies

•Housing•Health•Income

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 housing1,105 units in existing housing created with

rental assistance

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 housingDescribes opportunity to convert facilities to

permanent housing at some pointWill describe research needed for cost-

effective short-term solutions

Residents spending >30% of income on housing

Sonoma County Santa Cruz Los Angeles San Francisco New York City Sacramento San Jose Washington DC

55% 55%

51%

48% 48%46%

43%

32%

Residents spending >45% of income for Housing + Transportation

Sonoma County Washington DC Santa Cruz Sacramento San Francisco San Jose Los Angeles New York City

83%

78% 77% 77%

59%57% 56%

43%

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

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 millionLocal investment needed = ~$162 million

Health

Enroll 100% of homeless persons in health coverage

Establish primary careEnsure 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

Income

Economic Wellness: bundled benefits, financial education, asset-building

SOAR Benefits Initiative for ~50% of homeless who are presumed eligible for SSI/SSDIFirst-time approvalResults in income that offsets housing costs

Work-Readiness Initiative for ~50% of homeless who are not disabledAt $9 min. wage + bundled benefits, a person can be

self-sufficient in housing

Build the Capacity to Scale Up

Training in evidence-based practice (EBPs)Put existing EBPs onto Upstream Portfolio,

especially Housing First, Rapid Re-HousingUse opportunities presented by Affordable

Care ActSystem-Wide Coordinated Intake

Coming Up

• Final Stages of drafting Plan Update• Board of Supervisors—August• City Councils—September