10-Year Homeless Action Plan UPDATE Jenny Abramson CoC 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 housing  1,105 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 housing  Describes opportunity to convert facilities to permanent housing at some point  Will describe research needed for cost-effective short-term solutions

Residents spending >30% of income on housing

Residents spending >45% of income for Housing + Transportation

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 $350K = $491,400,000;  330 $200K each – $66 million.  Total construction cost $557.4 million  Local investment needed = ~$162 million

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

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

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

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