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WE'RE GOING TO CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AT 400 5 P.M.
AND INVITE OUR INTERPRETER TO START.
WILL YOU? IT IS BEYOND WHAT A COMPANION BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CHARACTERISTICS.
BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM HERE, THAT MICROPHONE IS THAT'S ACTUALLY A MICROPHONE, THAT TITLE UP THERE.
SO BE AWARE THAT THERE IS A HOT MIKE ABOVE YOU.
WILSON HERE. COMMISSIONER ABRAHAM.
COMMISSIONER CASTILLO. COMMISSIONER DAVILA.
HERE. COMMISSIONER. FRITZ. HERE.
COMMISSIONER ABRAHAM, IF, YOU CAN TURN ON YOUR CAMERA.
WE CAN TEST YOUR MICROPHONE AND SEE IF WE HAVE VIDEO.
OKAY. WE'LL START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE ITEM ONE APPROVAL OF MINUTE ITEM TO RENTER SOLUTIONS SUBCOMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.
ITEM THREE OUR SHIP REFRESH CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND HOUSING AND SHELTER PLAN CONVERSATION.
THE NEXT ITEM IS SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS, FOLLOWED BY THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT AND COMMISSIONERS COMMUNITY UPDATES.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY? OKAY.
AND I DO, WANT TO WELCOME OUR NEWEST HOUSING COMMISSIONER, ANTONIO.
FRITZIE, I HONOR TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR DAYS.
MY BIOS ON THE WEBSITE SO YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT ME THERE.
BUT I WOULD JUST OFFER THAT I THINK THE GREATEST ASSET WE HAVE IN ADVANCING THE MISSION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SAN ANTONIO ARE THE MANY STAKEHOLDERS ON THIS ISSUE.
OF COURSE, THAT'S RESIDENTS, THE NONPROFITS DOING INCREDIBLE WORK.
AND OF COURSE, MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WITH WHOM I'M EXCITED AND HUMBLED AND HONORED TO WORK.
THANK YOU. GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
SO NEXT WE HAVE ITEM ONE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING ON APRIL 17TH.
WILL THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? A MOTION TO APPROVE AS WRITTEN? SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? THEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY I.
I ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, WE'VE APPROVED OUR MINUTES.
NEXT WE HAVE ITEM TWO BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE RENTERS SOLUTIONS SUBCOMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.
I'M KRISTEN DAVILA AND, CO-CHAIR OF THE RENTERS SOLUTIONS, SUBCOMMITTEE WITH, COMMISSIONER NIKKI JOHNSON.
WE HAD SEVERAL POSITIONS THAT BECAME VACANT.
IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THE THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF, NINE MEMBERS, TWO COMMISSIONERS, FOUR RENTER REPRESENTATIVES, AND THEN THREE RENTAL HOUSING PROVIDER REPRESENTATIVES.
AS OF MAY OF THIS YEAR, WE HAD THREE RENTER AND TWO RENTAL HOUSING PROVIDER TERMS. APPOINTMENT TERMS EXPIRED, SO WE NEEDED TO COLLECT, APPLICATIONS FROM FOLKS AND AND INTERVIEW TO FILL THOSE, VACANCIES.
STAFF RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 16 APPLICATIONS, TEN RENTER REPRESENTATIVES,
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FIVE HOUSING PROVIDERS, AND ONE THAT, FELL IN BOTH CATEGORIES.BETWEEN MARCH AND APRIL IS WHEN THE, STAFF ACCEPTED THE APPLICATIONS.
AND THEN, IN MAY, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON AND I REVIEWED THOSE APPLICATIONS.
AND NOW WE'RE BRINGING FORTH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU TODAY, IF YOU COULD GO.
SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THREE FOLKS TO BE APPOINTED AS RENTERS.
THE FIRST TWO ARE FOLKS THAT HAVE ALREADY SERVED, ONE TERM WITH US.
AND THAT'S KEESHA BROWN AND VALERIE RODRIGUEZ.
THEY'VE BEEN ACTIVE ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND WISH TO CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND THEN WE HAVE, SOMEONE THAT WOULD BE NEW TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH IS, GWENDOLYN MILLER.
SHE WORKS FOR THE US AIR FORCE AS A SECURITY SPECIALIST.
SHE WOULD BE, LIKE I SAID, FIRST TERM APPLICANT.
AND HER VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES ARE WITH THE ROTARY CLUB AND THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.
COMMISSIONER JOHNSON AND I MET WITH HER, VIA ZOOM, AND WE FEEL LIKE SHE WOULD BE A FABULOUS RECOMMENDATION TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND I KNOW SHE'S JOINING US TODAY ONLINE.
IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND THEN THE TWO RENTAL HOUSING PROVIDER REPRESENTATIVES THAT, WE ARE RECOMMENDING ARE MADDIE PATRICK, WHO IS, A VOLUNTEER WITH THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TREASURER.
SHE'S, SHE IS A RENTAL PROPERTY MANAGER WITH, SAVOY RESIDENTIAL.
AND, NATHAN JOHNSON, WHO, IS A RENTAL HOUSING OWNER AND OWNS LESS THAN FIVE UNITS.
SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR A BALANCE OF FOLKS THAT HAD EXPERIENCE BOTH WITH LARGE SCALE RENTAL, HOUSING AND, SMALLER SCALE RENTAL, PORTFOLIOS.
SO WE MET WITH, FOLKS, AND, AND WE THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE TO BRING FORTH TO, THE HOUSING COMMISSION TO SERVE ON THIS SUBCOMMITTEE.
THESE FOLKS ARE READY TO GET TO WORK.
AND, WE'D WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS.
BEFORE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO, TO APPOINT THEM.
WHICH WERE GREAT DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS.
NO, I'D JUST LIKE TO WELCOME THE FOLKS WHO I HOPE WE APPROVE TODAY.
THANK YOU THEM FOR SOME GREAT WORK ON SELECTING FOLKS TO GET A WIDE VARIETY OF OPINIONS, WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF RENTAL HOUSING.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE HOUSING COMMISSION, APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED APPOINTEES AS THE NEW NON COMMISSION MEMBERS OF THE RENTER SOLUTIONS SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE TERM ENDING MAY 31ST, 2028.
AND IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, THEN, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY I, ALL RIGHT.
WELCOME TO THE RENTER SOLUTIONS SUBCOMMITTEE.
THANK YOU. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE THE.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM THREE, A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON THE SHIP REFRESH.
THEN AT THE END OF THIS, WILL, YOUR OWN THAT COULD YOU.
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WHICH THE, THE.THAT GOOD FOR THE ONLINE FOLKS? OKAY.
IN A VERY BRIEF RECAP FOR THE FOLKS ONLINE WHO COULD NOT HEAR.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, AND HOMELESSNESS AND SHELTER PLAN, WHICH REALLY ALL HAVE THE SAME GOAL OF ENSURING THAT THERE'S HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND LIVABILITY IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO I'M GOING TO KICK IT OFF WITH CHIP, AND THEN VALERIE WILL TAKE OVER AND TALK ABOUT OUR HUD PLANS.
AND THEN PATRICK WILL CLOSE US OUT WITH THE HOUSING AND SHELTER PLAN.
SO, FOR FOLKS I KNOW, EVERYONE AT THIS DAIS IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE HOUSING AND OR THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
BUT FOR FOLKS ONLINE, THIS IS OUR TEN YEAR SHARED PLAN TO PRODUCE OR PRESERVE OVER 28,000 AFFORDABLE HOMES IN OUR COMMUNITY IN 2026.
I CAN'T GET OVER THE FACT THAT IT IS YEAR FIVE.
AND THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE AT HALFWAY.
WE'VE LEARNED A LOT IN THIS PROCESS.
WE'VE GOT, A COUPLE OF NEW INPUTS.
I WOULD SAY TO THIS IN THE FORM OF SPECIAL HOUSING SUPPLY REPORT AND THE HOUSING AND SHELTER PLAN, PLUS ALL OF THE LEARNINGS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF FOUR YEARS OF BOND IMPLEMENTATION.
AND I WANT TO GIVE, SPECIAL THANKS IN PARTICULAR TO THE PARTNERS THAT ARE AROUND THIS DAIS.
THE HOUSING TRUST AND OPPORTUNITY HOME, WHO, ARE REALLY DOING A LOT OF THE WORK TO, GET US TO OUR GOALS.
THE OTHER PIECE THAT, HELPS TO INFORM IS THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
THIS IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT WE REPORT TO HUD.
AND IT HELPS TO GUIDE THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE.
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
ALL RIGHT. SO, AS OF LAST QUARTER, WE ARE 41% OF OUR WAY TO OUR OVERALL GOAL.
WITH OVER ALMOST 9000 OF THOSE BEING COMPLETE, MEANING PEOPLE ARE LIVING ON THEM TODAY, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THE PICTURE THAN THAT.
THE 28,000 IS REALLY, SUMMATION OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT GOALS.
WILL SHARON NEEDS HAZARD PAY FOR TODAY.
CAN YOU GO BACK AND SLIDE. THANK YOU.
SO IF YOU BREAK IT OUT ACROSS THE CATEGORIES FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION, RENTAL PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION.
YOU START TO SEE THAT SOME OF THESE CATEGORIES ARE A LOT CLOSER TO THEIR TEN YEAR GOAL THAN ARE OTHERS.
AND THERE'S, REASONS FOR THAT.
WE DIDN'T SET ALL OF THE GOALS THE SAME BECAUSE NEEDS ARE NOT NECESSARILY
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THE SAME, AND THERE ARE NOT THE SAME AVAILABILITY OF TOOLS TO REACH THAT.BUT I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT IN HOMEOWNERSHIP PRODUCTION, WE'RE ALREADY AT 90% OF OUR GOAL.
ALMOST 90% HOMEOWNERSHIP PRESERVATION, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE HEAR AS LIKE HOME REHAB.
AND A LOT OF THAT REASON IS THAT IT'S THE LARGEST GOAL FOR, OUR INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES.
BUT ALSO THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT HAVE FORMED THIS GOAL ARE BASED ON THE COST OF A ROOF IN 2019.
IT DOESN'T COST THE SAME AS IT DID THEN.
AND WE'VE ALSO FOUND THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO US, EVEN IF THEY ARE JUST LOOKING FOR A ROOF, END UP NEEDING A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
SO IT'S, COMBINATION OF HIGHER COSTS AND LARGER SCOPES, THAT MAKE US CONSIDER REASSESSING A GOAL LIKE THAT.
RENTAL PRODUCTION? PRETTY CLOSE TO ON TRACK.
AND I'LL JUST PIN THAT OUR SPECIAL HOUSING SUPPLY AND HOMELESS, OUR HOUSING AND SHELTER PLAN GOALS KIND OF INTERSECT IN THESE CATEGORIES.
SO SOMETHING TO PUT A PIN IN AS WE CONTINUE TALKING.
AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE RENTAL PRESERVATION CATEGORY IS AN AREA WHERE WE'VE HAD A LOT MORE SUCCESS THAN WAS ANTICIPATED IN THE BEGINNING.
THAT IS IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE WORK OF OPPORTUNITY HOME.
AND, THIS IS AN AREA FOR US TO CONTINUE EXPLORING BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF NEED, IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
MAYBE I THINK THE CLICKERS WORKING NOW.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT TO DATE.
SO, YOU ARE ALL PART OF THE SPECIAL HOUSING SUPPLY TASK FORCE AND REALLY CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE WORK ON THAT, WHICH CONCLUDED IN MARCH AND IS GOING TO BE FOLDED INTO OUR REFRESHED SHIP GOALS.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING PARTNER AND STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS SINCE ABOUT DECEMBER WITH OUR CONSULTANTS.
OUR HOUSING IN SAN ANTONIO EVENT WAS THE FIRST KIND OF PUBLIC CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD ON THESE SPACES.
AND THEN THOSE HAVE CONTINUED, THROUGH JULY.
WE JUST HAD, THE LAST ONE, BUT WE HAD A COUPLE THAT WILL HAVE TO RESCHEDULE DUE TO RAIN, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE COLLABORATING WITH THE CONSOLIDATED PLANNING TEAM AND, PATRICK'S TEAM IN THE HOUSING, SHELTER PLAN.
SO WE'VE REALLY BEEN GETTING A LOT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FROM PARTNERS IN THE CONVERSATIONS ALONG THESE.
SO, THIS IS A VERY, HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY, BUT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING FIT INTO A COUPLE OF CATEGORIES.
RISING DEMAND FOR AFFORDABLE RENTALS IS A BIG ONE.
SAN ANTONIO HAS GROWN MUCH FASTER THAN WE EXPECTED IT TO, THIS TIME IN 2020.
AND A LOT OF THE INCREASE IN COST BURDEN HAS BEEN AMONG RENTERS.
SECOND, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ALREADY INCREASED COSTS AND SCOPES FOR HOME REHAB IN PARTICULAR, AND ADDITIONALLY NEEDS IN RENTAL PRESERVATION SPACE.
SO I THINK FOLKS AROUND THIS TABLE ARE WELL AWARE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL THERE.
AND THEN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY COME UP IN SPECIAL HOUSING SUPPLY.
AND THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT OTHER KIND OF TYPES OF HOUSING MODELS BESIDES PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR JUST CERTAIN SORT OF TRADITIONAL AFFORDABLE RENTALS.
COULD WE START EXPLORING? SO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING IS ONE, CONGREGATE LIVING IS CERTAINLY ANOTHER.
OR SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK OF THAT AS LIKE A GROUP HOME KIND OF SET UP.
AND WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF INTEREST AROUND OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES BESIDES LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURE AS WELL.
WE'VE BEEN PUSHING IN THAT DIRECTION FOR SOME TIME ON COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS AND RESIDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO PURCHASE.
SO, I THINK COMMUNITY'S HUNGRY FOR MORE IN THAT AREA.
SO NEXT STEPS IN TERMS OF SHIP.
WE SHOULD BE CONCLUDING OUR COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS NEXT MONTH.
AGAIN, THERE WERE TWO THAT NEED TO BE, RESCHEDULED.
AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE, THE INVITATIONS FOR THOSE.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A, VIRTUAL VERSION OF IT.
AND A SHARING OUT OF ALL OF THE LEARNINGS.
WE WILL COME BACK TO HOUSING COMMISSION IN JULY TO TALK MORE ABOUT, WHAT SPECIFICALLY WE'VE BEEN HEARING IN THOSE SPACES.
THE COMP PLAN WILL GO TO COUNCIL IN AUGUST, AND CDC WILL GET UPDATES ON SHIP.
THAT SAME TIME, WE EXPECT TO BRING SHIP TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN SEPTEMBER.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND IT TO VALERIE.
IS THIS WORKING? YAY! OKAY, GREAT.
I DON'T THINK I KNOW EVERYONE TO.
HI. VALERIE, BUT IS. I'M THE GRANTS MANAGER.
BEEN WITH NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICE FOR ABOUT 11 YEARS, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY INTRODUCE MYSELF BEFORE WE KIND OF JUMP INTO THE CONTACT.
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BUT HERE, I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU, AS SARAH MENTIONED, AS, THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND ACTION PLAN.AND, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, WE'RE AN ENTITLEMENT CITY.
AND SO WE RECEIVE THESE FUNDS BASED ON OUR CENSUS, EVERY YEAR.
AND OUR ALLOCATION IS BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS.
PART OF BEING AN ENTITLEMENT CITY AND RECEIVING THESE GRANT FUNDS IS THE REQUIREMENT TO CREATE A FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
AND SO WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR PREVIOUS FIVE YEAR PLAN.
SO WE HAVE BEEN, AS SARAH MENTIONED, SINCE JANUARY, ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, ON BUILDING THAT CONSOLIDATED PLAN THAT WILL HELP GUIDE OUR HOW WE AND INVEST IN OUR HUD GRANTS, WHICH ARE, CDBG, WHICH IS OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT HOME, OUR HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
HOPPER HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS AND ESD, WHICH IS OUR EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS, THAT ARE MANAGED BY PATRICK AND MARK AND HSD.
AND WE HAVE BEEN NEXT SLIDE ON HOW TO CLICK.
AS I MENTIONED WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY SINCE JANUARY.
AND SO WHAT HAS INFORMED THIS PLAN? ONGOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN WE HAVE DONE A COMMUNITY NEEDS SURVEY THAT RECEIVED 829 RESPONSES.
WE HAVE ALSO BEEN AT ALL OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONVERSATIONS, AND ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND IN WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE PRIORITIES.
AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE BEEN INTENDING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
STAKEHOLDER DISCUSSIONS ONE ON ONE AS WELL.
KIND OF ALONG WITH THE SHIP REFRESH.
AND IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WE HAVE ALSO BEEN AT ALL OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
AND CURRENTLY OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS OPEN AND WILL BE OPEN UNTIL AUGUST 5TH.
OUR KIND OF PLANS THAT ARE ALSO INFORMING THIS BECAUSE IT'S IT'S KIND OF TWO PRONGED HERE.
IT'S IT'S NOT ONLY THE ONGOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT THE, THE DATA AND THE, THE PLANS THAT, THE CITY HAS OVERALL, WHICH WILL BE THE SHIP AND THE SHIP REFRESH.
THE SPECIAL HOUSING SUPPLY TASK FORCE, THE HOUSING AND SHELTER PLAN, AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND A MARKET ANALYSIS WILL.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING, WHICH IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SARAH MENTIONED EARLIER.
PRESERVING AND CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS STILL VERY MUCH A NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I KNOW THAT WE, HAVE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT.
AND OUR HOUSING, OPTIONS FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS, INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AND THEN INVESTING IN HOMELESS SERVICES AND YOUTH PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS IN OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE, COMMUNITY SERVICES.
AND IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE AND SIDEWALKS.
AND SO SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE LOOKED LIKE SARAH MENTIONED CONGREGATE LIVING, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
I KNOW WITH THE IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE AND STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, WITH THE RAIN THAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING AND THE CONCERNS OF FLOODING, THAT HAS ALSO BEEN, A GREAT, GREAT TOPIC, WITH OUR CITIZENS.
SO HERE YOU SEE OUR CONSOLIDATED, PLAN, PROPOSED PRIORITIES.
WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, PARTICULARLY THOSE ADDRESSING HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS CHALLENGES IN SAN ANTONIO.
ALIGNING THOSE PRIORITIES WITH POPULATIONS.
THAT WILL BE SERVED IN OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IS OUR GOAL.
AND THEY WILL CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND GUIDE, OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR FY 27.
SO THOSE PRIORITIES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING ARE GOING TO BE CREATION AND PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND PRIORITY NUMBER TWO WILL BE, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AND THREE, NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION.
AND SO THESE ARE, KIND OF THE FRAMEWORK THAT HELP US CLARIFY WHAT WILL BE FUNDED, WHY THOSE NEEDS ARE IMPORTANT, WHERE THOSE INVESTMENTS WILL BE FOCUSED, WHEN THEY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED, AND HOW SUCCESS WILL BE MEASURED.
AND ALL OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE, FURTHER DETAILED IN THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN DRAFT.
NEXT IS A OVERVIEW OF OUR FY 27, ALLOCATION.
AND SO FOR OUR FOR GRANTS, FOR CDBG, WE ARE LOOKING TO RECEIVE ABOUT 13.3 MILLION FOR HOME, 5.4 MILLION AND FOR HOOPA 3.4 AND ESG 1.1 EVERY YEAR.
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HUD ALSO ALLOWS US TO ANTICIPATE PROGRAM INCOME.AND THAT PROGRAM INCOME IS REVENUE THAT'S COMING IN FROM PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE STRUCTURED IN A LOAN.
AND SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING 200 THOUSAND IN CDBG AND 200,000 IN HOME TO BRING OUR TOTAL BUDGET ALLOCATION TO 23.8 MILLION.
AS SARAH MENTIONED, WE'LL HAVE MORE ON OUR BUDGET AT CDC NEXT WEEK.
AND THEN I DO WANT TO MAKE MENTION THAT THAT IS ABOUT A 1% INCREASE ON OUR ALLOCATION FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THE BREAKDOWN HERE IS CDBG DID RECEIVE A REDUCTION AS WELL AS HOME.
BUT ESG AND HOP WERE RECEIVED INCREASES.
AND SO OVERALL IT WAS A 1% INCREASE.
SO SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN WILL BE ONGOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE PLAN TO HAVE SOME VIRTUAL, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS OVER THE NEXT MONTH, AND THEN WE WILL BE AT CDC NEXT WEEK.
OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, AS I MENTIONED, IS STILL OPEN AND WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL AUGUST 5TH.
AND THOSE COMMENTS CAN BE SUBMITTED ON SPEAK UP OR TO THE EMAIL ON THERE, OR WE'RE HAPPY TO ENGAGE AS WELL.
CONTINUED STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.
OUR DRAFT PLAN WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN JULY, AND THEN WE WILL BE AND AT COUNCIL, AUGUST 6TH.
AND WITH A HUD SUBMITTAL, BY AUGUST 14TH, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SUBMIT BY THE 16TH.
BUT LAST WORKING DAY IS 14TH, SO WE'LL WE'LL GET IT IN BY THAT DATE.
I'M PATRICK STEC, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THE CITY'S HOMELESS SERVICES AND STRATEGY DEPARTMENT.
SO HOMELESSNESS AS A AS AN ISSUE IS SOMETHING THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
BUT, WITH THIS NEW FISCAL YEAR IN OCTOBER, STARTING IN OCTOBER WAS CREATED AS IT'S OWN DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY'S ORG CHART.
OUT OF COMING OUT OF THE, LET'S GET OUT OF THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WHERE, I HAD BEEN FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
SO I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THIS AREA, ALTHOUGH THE DEPARTMENT IS NEW.
AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR DIRECTOR, MARC CARMONA, THE CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER AND DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT.
SO I WANT TO GIVE, A QUICK EDITION OF A B SESSION PRESENTATION THAT MARC MADE, LAST MONTH IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY TO THE COUNCIL ON OUR SHELTER AND HOUSING FRAMEWORK.
AND SO, AS A NEW DEPARTMENT, WE WERE CHARGED, BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL WITH CREATING THIS FRAMEWORK, OF WHAT IS NEEDED IN OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
AND SO LOOKING AT THE ELEMENTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, UNDERSTANDING THAT FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE ON THE VERGE OF HOMELESSNESS, MAY NEED MULTIPLE DIFFERENT, INTERVENTION TYPE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WHOLE SPECTRUM, AND I'LL, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
BUT OUR FOCUS OR OUR PURPOSE RATHER, IS TO LOOK AT IT AS A WHOLE SYSTEM FOR THE COMMUNITY.
NOT JUST WHAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS, IS CONTRIBUTING TO HOMELESSNESS, BUT ALL SECTORS ACROSS THE RESPONSE SYSTEM IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, IN 2019, WE STARTED A PROCESS, WORKING WITH CLOSE TO HOME AND WITH THE CHAIR AT, AT THE TIME.
SO, TO DEVELOP A, HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN THAT CAME OUT WITH SIX MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WAS DONE DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC.
AND, IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL IN 2020.
AND SO THE OF THE SIX MAJOR OF THE SIX RECOMMENDATIONS, A FEW TO HIGHLIGHT.
ONE WAS A BETTER ENTRY POINT FOR FOLKS COMING OFF OF THE STREETS AND GETTING INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND THE CITY FUNDED A LOW BARRIER, NON CONGREGATE SHELTER.
WORKING WITH STEM INDUSTRIES AND LEASING THE HOTEL IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA SINCE 2021.
THAT THAT CAME OUT OF THAT OF THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN FROM 2020.
WE HAD ABOUT FIVE STREET OUTREACH WORKERS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
AND TODAY WE HAVE ABOUT 40 STREET OUTREACH WORKERS.
THAT GROWTH IS A DIRECT RESULT OF BOTH THE PANDEMIC BUT ALSO THAT HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THEN FINALLY, IS THE, RECOMMENDATION TO DEVELOP MORE AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXITING HOMELESSNESS.
THAT DIRECTLY INFORMED THE 2022 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND AND THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING RECOMMENDATION WITHIN THAT, OR A COMPONENT OF THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND THAT WE'VE SEEN, GREAT PROGRESS ON.
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SO THAT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS, SIX YEARS NOW.SINCE THAT PLAN WAS DEVELOPED.
NOW WITH THIS DEPARTMENT, IT CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
WE ARE, WE PRESENTED, LIKE I SAID, TO THE BE SESSION AT COUNCIL IN MAY.
AND THEN OVER THE SUMMER, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE REFINING THIS FRAMEWORK THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO WALK THROUGH WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, NOT JUST FROM THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, BUT FROM OTHER SECTORS, PARTICULARLY HEALTHCARE, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, WHERE, OUR CLIENTS, OUR HOMELESS CLIENTS ARE OFTEN INTERACTING WITH THE PUBLIC SECTOR SERVICES AS WELL.
AND THEN OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE AT THE, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER BUDGET DISCUSSION WITH OUR COUNCIL FOR THE FISCAL 27 BUDGET, A FRAMEWORK.
SO THAT WILL WE ANALYZED DATA ACROSS THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM AND REFINED THE FOCUS OF THIS FRAMEWORK INTO THREE AREAS.
FIRST IS PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS.
AND, THAT IS THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE ENTERING HOMELESSNESS EVERY YEAR IS VERY SURPRISING TO SOME FOLKS.
THERE WERE 1700 NEW FACES TO OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
WHETHER THAT'S ENGAGING WITH THE STREET OUTREACH WORK OR GOING INTO A SHELTER.
THESE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN IN OUR SYSTEM IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.
WE HAVE TEN YEARS PLUS WORTH OF DATA IN OUR, HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S THE FIRST TIME HOMELESSNESS, IS OVER 1700.
THAT HELPS THE REST OF OUR RESPONSE SYSTEM.
AND BETTER PROVIDING SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AND WE'LL LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT OF THE CAPACITY OF THAT CURRENT SYSTEM.
BUT, THE NEXT FOCUS AREA IS THE IS THE FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE STREETS.
SO WE ENGAGED, ABOUT 4000 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS OVER THE COURSE OF FISCAL YEAR 25.
A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS DID GET INTO SHELTER OR INTO HOUSING.
THAT'S STREET OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT.
BUT WE ARE ESTIMATING 1300 FOLKS, DID NOT.
AND SO THEY ARE STILL OUT THERE ON THE STREET.
THAT ALIGNS PRETTY CLOSELY WITH THE ANNUAL POINT IN TIME COUNT NUMBER, WHICH IS A SNAPSHOT NUMBER.
SO WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A PRETTY ACCURATE NUMBER OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE REALLY WHO ARE OUT THERE NOT GETTING HELPED FOR WHATEVER REASON.
AND THEN FINALLY, ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM HELPS GET INTO PERMANENT HOUSING SITUATION.
BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS AND LOOKING AT OUR DATA.
THERE WERE ABOUT 609 PEOPLE LAST FISCAL YEAR WHO WENT INTO A SHELTER.
THEY EXITED THE SHELTER TO A PERMANENT HOUSING SITUATION.
BUT THEN THEY CAME BACK INTO HOMELESSNESS LAST YEAR.
AND SO THAT TELLS ME THAT TELLS THE THAT THEY DID NOT GET WHAT THEY NEEDED.
THEY, THEY, THEY ACCESS THE SHELTER.
BUT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND SO THAT FOCUS, THAT'S THE GROUP THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON, FOR KEEPING FOLKS HOUSED.
WITHIN OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
WE CAN CATEGORIZE WITHIN THOSE THREE FOCUS AREAS.
THE DIFFERENT INTERVENTION TYPES.
AND IT IS, LIKE I SAID, A RANGE OF THINGS, IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT THAT ARE WORKING TO ASSIST FOLKS AND PEOPLE MAY ACCESS MULTIPLE, THEY MAY ACCESS ONLY ONE.
AT THE BEGINNING, THE PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS IS, IS RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
THINGS LIKE, WHAT IT DOES THROUGH RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS DO, THROUGH RENTAL MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE, PERHAPS.
WE ALSO WORK WITH CLOSE TO HOME ON A DIVERSION PROGRAM WHEN FOLKS ARE AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE HOMELESS SYSTEM.
TO DIVERT THEM FROM NEEDING A SHELTER.
LOOK, IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT $1,200 IN, SECURITY DEPOSIT OR FIRST MONTH'S RENT OR SOMETHING TO HELP SOMEONE THROUGH AN IMMEDIATE CRISIS TO TO GET INTO A HOUSING SITUATION THAT WILL KEEP THEM SUSTAINABLY HOUSED.
ALL OF OUR VOUCHERS, HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS AND OTHERS, ARE HELPING PEOPLE MAINTAIN THEIR HOUSING.
THEY ARE A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE OF THE RESPONSE SYSTEM IN HELPING, KEEPING HOUSING AFFORDABLE FOR MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS.
AND THAT ASIDE FROM THE VOUCHERS, MICHAEL, BUT, THAT THAT SYSTEM IS SERVING A LITTLE OVER 5000 PEOPLE PER YEAR.
THE SECOND, THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE THE RED HIGHLIGHTS ARE OUR CRISIS RESPONSE.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE ENGAGING THE FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE STREETS OR HELPING PEOPLE WHO ARE IN A CRISIS.
THAT'S OUR STREET OUTREACH TEAMS. DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR SITE ABATEMENTS.
SO THE CITY, THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT COORDINATES THE REMOVAL OF ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE POSING HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
ALWAYS OFFERING AND CONNECTING FOLKS TO SERVICES BEFORE THAT OCCURS.
DAY CENTERS, FOLKS, FOR FOR PEOPLE TO STAY DURING THE DAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, ON TODAY, GETTING OUT OF THE HEAT, AND GETTING MEALS SOME OF THOSE BASIC NEEDS, BUT ALSO AS AN ENTRY POINT IN CONNECTION TO SERVICES.
MENTAL HEALTH IS A THROUGH LINE THROUGH ALL OF THESE INTERVENTIONS.
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BUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT BECOMES A CRISIS SITUATION WHERE, MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS ARE SO ACUTE, THOSE ARE SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED.WHEN FOLKS ARE IN CRISIS AND THEN SHELTERS, AS A WAY TO PROVIDE A SAFE PLACE FOR SOMEONE TO SLEEP OVERNIGHT.
THE LARGEST IN OUR COMMUNITY BEING, OF COURSE, SAVING FOR HOPE SLEEP, WHICH SLEEPS A LITTLE OVER 1300 PEOPLE EVERY NIGHT.
ALONG WITH ALL THE PARTNER AGENCIES THAT ARE OPERATING EITHER THERE ON THE, ON THE CAMPUS, AS WELL AS OUR, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NON CONGREGATE, LOW BARRIER SHELTER THAT I MENTIONED WITH SAM INDUSTRIES AND SOME OF OUR, ABOUT A DOZEN OR SO OTHER SMALLER PROVIDERS OF EMERGENCY SHELTER.
WE HAVE ABOUT 2700 SHELTER BEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN FINALLY, OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM IS HELPING REHOUSE FOLKS OUT OF HOMELESSNESS ABOUT 6000 PER YEAR.
THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, RAPID REHOUSING ASSISTANCE, WHICH PROVIDES RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND, WRAPAROUND CASE MANAGEMENT, HOUSING VOUCHERS THAT ARE PARTICULARLY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AND, SOME OF THESE ARE CHOICE VOUCHERS.
SOME OF THESE ARE OTHER, SPECIAL VOUCHERS THAT HUD HAS DESIGNATED FOR, COORDINATION WITH THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM AND THEN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WHICH IS INDEFINITE RENTAL ASSISTANCE COUPLED WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING TODAY AS A RESPONSE SYSTEM THROUGH OUR NETWORK OF PARTNERS.
I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
BUT OUR NETWORK OF PARTNERS ARE CRITICAL TO PROVIDING THIS, THIS SERVICE, THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATA, THERE ARE GAPS.
AND SO WITHIN THE PREVENTION GAPS, WE ARE, HIGHLIGHTING THOSE 1700 NEW FOLKS TO HOMELESSNESS AS THE TARGET FOR, PREVENTION OF HOMELESSNESS.
WE NEED TO TO EITHER FUND BETTER, OR DESIGNED BETTER INTERVENTIONS TO, TO SUPPORT THOSE FOLKS SO THAT THEY DO NOT EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS.
IN COORDINATION WITH OTHER UPSTREAM INTERVENTIONS, THINGS LIKE, NOT JUST AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO MAKE THE UNITS AVAILABLE, BUT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE SECTORS.
STANDARDIZING CASE MANAGEMENT, NOT JUST HERE, BUT, THIS IS ANOTHER THROUGH LINE.
BUT SO THAT OUR AGENCIES ARE ALL PROVIDING THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT IS QUALITY PROFESSIONAL TRAINED, TO HELP US PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE CLIENTS.
AND THEN, DONOR ADVISED FUNDS IS AN IDEA.
WE'VE PITCHED TO THE COUNCIL, WORKING WITH PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY AS A WAY TO, FUND RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN A WAY THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING THAT WE WANT TO EXPLORE.
IN THE AREA OF GETTING FOLKS OUT OFF OF THE STREET.
THAT'S THAT GAP OF THE 1300 WHO, WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH BUT DID NOT MOVE INTO A HOUSING OR SHELTER SITUATION.
WE ESTIMATE WE NEED ABOUT 550 MORE SHELTER BEDS TO ASSIST THOSE POPULATE THOSE FOLKS.
BEDS TURN OVER THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
SO YOU DON'T NEED 1300, BUT, 550 IS IS OUR ESTIMATE THERE? WE NEED MORE DAY CENTER CAPACITY.
THE CURRENT CORAZON DE CENTER IS, FULL EVERY DAY WITH ABOUT 300 FOLKS COMING OFF OF THE STREETS DURING THE DAY.
AGAIN, A THROUGH LINE THROUGH ALL OF THIS, BUT IN PARTICULAR IN THE CRISIS SPI SPACE.
AND I MENTIONED TEXT COORDINATION, OF GREAT INTEREST TO OUR COUNCIL, BUT, WHEN ENCAMPMENTS DO OCCUR ON TEXT, PROPERTY, TEXT OUR RIGHT OF WAY.
WE COORDINATE WITH THEM, BUT ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE.
I WANT TO I DO WANT TO MENTION OUR ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING FOCUS.
AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ANOTHER A NUMBER OF OTHER COMMUNITIES DO, WHICH IS TO FOCUS OUTREACH EFFORTS ON ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE FREQUENTLY RECURRING IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON HOW THIS WOULD WORK FOR OUR, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR SYSTEM, SINCE OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE IT.
WE'VE LEARNED A LOT. WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT THAT HERE.
THAT IS IT IS A SLIGHT SHIFT IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IT USES ALL OF THE ELEMENTS BUT FOCUSES THEM ON RECURRING ENCAMPMENTS.
BECAUSE WHAT WE OFTEN HERE IS WE REMOVE AN ENCAMPMENT AND FOLKS COME BACK AN HOUR A DAY LATER.
AND WE WANT TO, FOCUS RESOURCES, PRIORITIZE HOUSING RESOURCES IN A WAY THAT, SORT OF PERMANENTLY ADDRESSES THE HOUSING NEEDS OF THOSE FOLKS IN A WAY THAT THE ENCAMPMENT CAN BE PERMANENTLY DECOMMISSIONED.
IN THE AREA OF KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED, THAT'S THE GAP OF THE 600, INDIVIDUALS.
WE ESTIMATE, THAT WE NEED TO SERVE THOSE, BUT ALSO SOME MANY OF THE UNSHELTERED PEOPLE.
WHO ARE NOT HAVING THEIR NEEDS ADDRESSED.
SO AFTER THE SHELTER BEDS, THE 550 SHELTER BEDS, THE, THERE NEEDS TO BE HOUSING LINED UP.
THAT IS LONG TERM PERMANENT HOUSING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
SO WE'RE ESTIMATING, YOU CAN SEE A BREAKDOWN HERE OF SOME INTERIM HOUSING THAT'S MAYBE A YEAR OR TWO OF ASSISTANCE.
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SOME FOLKS NEED VOUCHERS WITHOUT LONG TERM SUPPORT, AND SOME FOLKS NEED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WHICH IS THE RENT PLUS THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.SO LOOKING AT THE DATA, WE KIND OF ESTIMATED THE NEED OF OUR INDIVIDUALS AND CAME UP WITH THAT BREAKDOWN ON OUR GAPS.
AND THIS IS SUMMARIZING, ALL OF THAT HERE.
LOOKING AT THE DATA, THIS IS OUR CURRENT CAPACITY IN THOSE THREE AREAS.
AND THEN THE GAP OVERALL IN THE SYSTEM THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ADDRESS.
SO OUR NEXT STEPS ON ON ADDRESSING THOSE GAPS.
WE WILL TAKE THE, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL BACK IN MAY.
WE'RE PLANNING ON A COUPLE OF SESSIONS UPCOMING IN JULY.
LIKE I SAID, THIS HAS TO BE MULTI-SECTOR.
AND SO IN PARTICULAR, I'M HIGHLIGHTING THE COUNTY.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO DO WITH HOMELESSNESS.
HEALTH CARE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SECTORS THAT ARE SERVING THIS POPULATION ALREADY.
AND THEN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WHICH IS ALSO SERVING THIS POPULATION.
HOW CAN WE BRING THIS ALL TO THE TABLE, TOGETHER TO BRING RESOURCES, ALIGN RESOURCES BEHIND THESE THREE FOCUS AREAS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON OVER JULY.
AND THEN, BRINGING THIS BACK TO THE COUNCIL IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER WITH OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT BACK TO SARAH.
ALL THREE OF US HAVE WORKED TOGETHER.
ALL THREE OF THESE PLANS WORK TOGETHER.
PLUS OTHER PLANS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, WE WANT TO BRING THAT TO YOU FOR A CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU, VALERIE AND PATRICK.
SO ON THIS SLIDE, I PUT A HANDFUL OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU ALL.
THEY'RE NOT INTENDED TO BE LIMITING.
YOU CAN ASK US ANYTHING ON YOUR MIND ABOUT THESE PLANS.
BUT WE DID WANT TO MAKE SURE WE OFFERED TO YOU A HANDFUL OF THINGS THAT WE'RE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN AROUND, HOW OUR FEDERAL FUNDING CAN BEST SUPPORT THE WORK THAT WE ARE ALL TRYING TO DO TOGETHER.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT HOW YOUR WORK AND WHAT YOU'RE HEARING AND SEEING CAN INFORM THE PLANS.
AND THEN LASTLY, HOW CAN WE STRENGTHEN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING? ALL OF IT REALLY, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR 0 TO 30%.
THANK YOU. I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
WHO WANTS TO START? MR. DAVILA? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
IT'S HELPFUL TO JUST SEE A RECAP OF ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AS A COMMUNITY AND THAT YOU, AS CITY STAFF, HAVE LED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AS FAR AS THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR WORK, WE'VE EXPERIENCED A CHALLENGE RECENTLY WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REHOUSE FOLKS THAT HAD, BEEN EXITING HOMELESSNESS AND HELPING TO KEEP THOSE FOLKS HOUSED HAS BEEN CHALLENGING.
I, I KNOW THAT WE'RE WE'RE LUCKY IN THAT WE'VE GOT RESIDENT SERVICES STAFF ON SITE THAT CAN RECOGNIZE CHALLENGES, INFORM HOW WE APPROACH, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE LEASE VIOLATIONS AND THAT, THAT OTHER PROPERTY MANAGERS MAY BE QUICK TO MOVE TO EVICTION.
BUT IT'D BE HELPFUL, I THINK, IF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT STAFF HAD SOME TRAINING ON WHAT, WHAT DO I DO WHEN I'VE GOT A RESIDENT? FOR INSTANCE, OUR PROPERTY IS, SERVE SENIORS.
THIS RESIDENT INSISTS ON SMOKING IN THEIR APARTMENT UNIT.
WE HAVE, RESIDENT LIVING NEXT DOOR THAT USES OXYGEN.
SO IT'S NOT ONLY A HEALTH HAZARD, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.
AND YET, WE'RE TRYING TO ENFORCE THE LEASE.
WHAT WHAT CAN FOLKS DO? WHO CAN WE RELY ON? AND USUALLY, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING THAT I TOLD THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT STAFF IS TO LOOK AT THAT, RESIDENCE, BACKGROUND.
AND IF THEY, THEY WERE EXITING SOMEPLACE LIKE, HAVEN FOR HOPE OR SAM, IF THEY HAD A CASE MANAGER TO REACH OUT TO THAT PERSON.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE ISN'T SOMEBODY LIKE THAT? COULD THERE BE A POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE CITY OR, WITH CLOSE TO HOME THAT THAT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM COULD REACH OUT TO? AND IN MANY WAYS, A LOT OF TIMES THE, THE RESIDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING CHALLENGES THAT ARE BEYOND THE CAPACITY OF WHAT OUR RESIDENT SERVICES STAFF ARE TRAINED TO, TO, SUPPORT.
AND THAT THE KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED.
THE OTHER THING IS ON A VERY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, ARE VERY DIFFERENT TOPIC BUT RELATED.
THE, WHEN LOOKING AT THE USE OF CDBG FUNDS IN THE FUTURE FOR, PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
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I REALLY SUGGEST LOOKING AT HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT SMALL.MAYBE IT ISN'T EVEN SMALL, BUT, AFFORDABLE COMMUNITIES WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT AREN'T IN THE FORM OF, ACQUISITION REHAB OR A FULL, COMPLETE REHAB.
IN A LOT OF CASES, WE HAVE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE CAPITAL NEEDS THAT ARE JUST BEYOND WHAT THE PROPERTY CAN SUPPORT BECAUSE OF RISING OPERATIONAL COSTS.
WE'VE BEEN LUCKY TO PARTNER WITH THE HOUSING TRUST, TO SUPPORT US AND A COUPLE OF OUR PROPERTIES WITH THOSE TYPES OF NEEDS.
BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S PROBABLY OTHER PROPERTIES OUT THERE THAT NEED THOSE TYPES OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
A COUPLE $100,000 COULD GO A REALLY LONG WAY IN PRESERVING AFFORDABILITY.
THE LAST THING THAT YOU WANT IS FOR AN OWNER TO STEP AWAY FROM A PROPERTY THAT'S AFFORDABLE SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MAINTAIN IT TO THE STANDARD THAT IT NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED.
AND THEN THAT UNIT OR THAT BUILDING THEN BECOMES NO LONGER AFFORDABLE.
SO JUST REALLY SUGGESTING THAT YOU LOOK AT, AT THAT AND WHEN DOING SO, THINK ABOUT THE CURRENT UNDERWRITING AND AFFORDABILITY FOR THAT PROPERTY.
ADDING SEVERAL NEW UNITS FOR PEOPLE AT 0 TO 30% CAN BE REALLY CHALLENGING FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALREADY AT A REALLY, ON A REALLY TIGHT BUDGET, ALTHOUGH I KNOW THOSE ARE THE UNITS THAT WE NEED THE MOST RIGHT NOW.
AND IF I CAN JUST, ECHO THE POINT AROUND CASE MANAGEMENT AND PERMANENT HOUSING.
I THINK THAT IS A CHALLENGE WE'RE GOING TO FACE AS A COMMUNITY AS WE'RE DOING OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING.
AT CLOSE TO HOME, WE MANAGE THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, HUD FUNDING.
AND THERE'S ALSO A NEW COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR THE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM THAT WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AND, MANY YEARS.
SO WE HAVE A BETTER SENSE NOW SINCE THAT FUNDING CAME OUT JUNE 1ST AND JUNE 10TH OF EXACTLY WHAT WILL BE, WORKING WITH.
AND THERE'S, CUT OFF FOR WHAT THEY CONSIDER TIER ONE AND TIER TWO AND WHAT WE CAN SUBMIT, IT'S $25 MILLION THAT COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT TIER ONE CATEGORY USED TO BE FAIRLY SAFE, AS LONG AS IT WAS RECOMMENDED A LOCAL LEVEL.
SO BASICALLY, IN EFFECT, WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO IS ONLY THE PROGRAMS WE SUBMIT IN THAT TOP 60% WITHIN THE 25 MILLION ARE GOING TO BE SAFE.
AND WE KNOW LONG TERM PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE THE D PRIORITIZE.
SO THERE AREN'T GOING TO BE EXPANSION OPTIONS FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAMS TO ADD CASE MANAGEMENT STAFF, WHICH WE KNOW THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN HOUSING FOR PEOPLE.
SO I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT WHAT COMMISSIONER DARBY WAS SAYING THAT THIS IS, I THINK, THE NUT TO CRACK ACROSS ALL OF THESE FUNDING SOURCES AND WHERE WE NEED TO GET CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHERE FEDERAL FUNDING IS GOING TO BE.
AND SO FOR ME, IT'S LESS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UNITS, IF THEY DON'T COME WITH CASE MANAGEMENT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AND WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH CAPACITY WITH OUR CURRENT, PROGRAMS. SO I MIGHT ADD A COUPLE MORE POINTS, BUT THAT'S ONE I WANTED TO HONE IN ON THAT.
THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON CURRENT PROGRAMS, NOT TO MENTION EXPANDING PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAMS, BECAUSE WE CAN'T FUND CASE MANAGEMENT IF IT'S TIED TO A LONG TERM HOUSING PROGRAM.
I'LL LET OTHERS WEIGH IN AND THEN COME BACK TO SOME OTHER POINTS.
I THINK YOU MENTIONED CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE, AND I THINK AS WE HEAR THIS AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A RECURRING CONCERN, AN ISSUE, AND HOW DO WE REALLY ADDRESS THAT LIMITED FUNDING GIVEN THE LAST YEAR, WHAT WE'VE SEEN, AT LEAST WITH US HOUSING PRACTITIONERS, WITH THE LIMITED HOUSING, THE FEDERAL HOUSING FUNDING GOING UP AND DOWN.
I THINK, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
BUT WE ALSO WE ALSO HAVE TO BE REALISTIC.
WE KNOW THAT, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS NOT PLAYED A LARGE ROLE IN HOMELESS SERVICES.
AND THEY MEET THEY NEED TO IT NEEDS TO.
WE SEE HOUSING AUTHORITIES LIKE LOS ANGELES AND OTHER BIG CITIES THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN.
AND THAT AND THE HOMELESS SERVICES OUTCOMES IN TERMS OF VOUCHERS, IN TERMS OF OTHER SUPPORT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED HERE.
IT'S BECAUSE I THINK FROM A OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE STILL ABOUT 8 TO 10 YEARS BEHIND THE CURVE.
WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? I MEAN THAT OUR INCOME BASED HOUSING, IT'S NOT STABILIZED JUST YET.
WE'VE BEEN DEFERRING THAT WORK BECAUSE NO ONE WANTED TO REALLY ADDRESS IT BECAUSE IT WAS VERY SENSITIVE.
WHAT? WE'RE ADDRESSING IT HEAD ON.
THIS IS, INCOME BASED HOUSING PORTFOLIO WITH 6000 UNITS THAT HAS BEEN BLEEDING $17 MILLION A YEAR.
THAT NO LONGER IS SUSTAINABLE.
WE ARE, ACTIVELY, CHANGING THE COURSE OF THAT.
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THAT HAS RIPPLE EFFECTS ONCE WE STOP THE BLEEDING WITH THAT INCOME BASED, FUNDING, ISSUE.THOSE MONEYS WILL THEN BE, AND CAN BE, REDIRECTED TOWARD, OUR PARTNER AGENCIES AND ADDRESSING THE UNSHELTERED IN OUR CITY.
RIGHT NOW, WE DO OFFER, VOUCHERS TO SOME PARTNERS.
AND LET ME GIVE YOU A, SPECIFIC EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE CAPACITY FROM OUR BUDGET TO GO UP TO 20% TO ISSUE PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS FOR PARTNERS.
SO THAT GIVES US ABOUT 12%, LEEWAY TO TISSUE ADDITIONAL.
WE WERE GETTING READY TO DO THAT, BUT THEN HUD ISSUED GUIDANCE IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS SAYING NO, NO MORE VOUCHERS CAN BE ISSUED FOR ANY PARTNER AGENCIES UNLESS IT HAS TO DO WITH REPOSITIONING.
AND OUR HANDS HAVE BEEN TIED ONCE AGAIN.
AND SO TO COMMISSIONER LAST POINT, HOW CAN WE BE, CREATIVE IN TERMS OF USING OUR EXISTING FUNDING? IN OUR CASE, WHEN WE REPOSITION PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS INTO A MORE STABLE, RELIABLE SUBSIDY? HOW CAN WE USE THAT FUNDING TO HELP WITH SMALLER PROPERTIES? HOW CAN WE HELP OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, WITH, THE UNSHELTERED? SO AS DIFFICULT AS THE FUNDING, THE FEDERAL FUNDING, SITUATION IS NOW, I THINK IT'S PROVIDING A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RESET AND RECALIBRATE IN TERMS OF HOW WE DO OUR WORK.
AND SO, I'M, I'M, OPTIMISTIC AS AS HARD AS THAT IT IS TO SAY THAT WORD GIVEN THE FEDERAL CLIMATE.
BUT I THINK THERE ARE NEW OPPORTUNITIES HERE TO REVISIT HOW WE DO OUR WORK.
AND LONG STORY SHORT, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OPPORTUNITY HOME NEEDS TO PLAY A LARGER ROLE IN ADDRESSING OUR UNSHELTERED.
AND, WE ARE, DEDICATED TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN, VERY SOON.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR CITY PARTNERS IN AND LAYING OUT, FRAMEWORK IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN DO THAT.
COMMISSIONER ABRAHAM, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ONLINE? YES.
AND PERHAPS IT'S MORE OF A QUESTION ANYWAYS.
BUT, RECENTLY, I WAS AT A, AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND, COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AT THE BARBARA SENIOR CENTER, AND, RESIDENT CAME UP TO ME THAT USED TO BE A RESIDENT IN CALIFORNIA.
AND HE SAID THAT THERE'S A VERY ROBUST RENT TO BUY PROGRAM OUT THERE.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF IF WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES HERE AND, WHAT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO ME ANYWAYS? OR WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT, THE RENTS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE PAY THESE DAYS ARE SO HIGH THAT THEY ACTUALLY EQUAL WHAT A MORTGAGE PAYMENT WOULD BE.
BUT THE REASON THAT THEY CAN'T GET INTO THEIR OWN HOUSE IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE DOWN PAYMENT.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE COULD BE A DISCUSSION OR SOMEBODY, COULD, COULD TALK THEM AMONG THE GROUPS AND SEE IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING THERE.
AND, IF IT'S ILLEGAL TO USE BOND MONEY IN THAT, IN THAT AREA.
HELLO. YES, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT, COMMISSIONER.
WE CAN ALSO MAYBE, WHAT COMES TO MIND IS WORKING WITH OUR NEW, ENTITIES THAT ARE EXPLORING EITHER WORKING ON COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS OR EXPLORING COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS.
THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER WAY SOMEONE COULD GET INTO, INTO A HOME THAT MAYBE THE STRUCTURE IS OWNED UP FRONT BY THE NONPROFIT, AND PERHAPS OVER TIME, THEY COULD LOOK AT OWNING THE STRUCTURE ITSELF WHILE MAINTAINING THE AFFORDABILITY, SINCE THE CLT OWNS THE LAND.
SO THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND TRY TO EXPLORE, THROUGH SOME OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SHIP REFRESH, SECTION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS, AND THIS IS MORE OF A BRIEF PRESENTATION BECAUSE I KNOW YOU PROVIDED THEM BEFORE, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, IN THE SHIP REFRESH IS IT'S STILL THE INTENTION TO ALIGN WITH TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND LOOK AT HOW WE CAN FIND WAYS TO IMPROVE.
WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN TERMS OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SCHOOL CLOSURES.
YOU KNOW, THE FLIGHT OUT FROM OUR CITY'S INNER CORE.
IS THAT STILL INTEGRATED WITHIN THE SHIP REFRESH FRAMEWORK? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ALANIZ.
THROUGH THE SHIP REFRESH PROCESS, WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT WITH SAIC ABOUT SOME OF THE FORECASTING
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THAT THEY'RE DOING AND JUST KIND OF LEARN FROM THAT PROCESS.I WILL SAY THAT WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON IS NOT, REWRITING THE SHIP, BUT, LOOKING AT WHAT'S POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF REFRESHING THE GOALS.
SO, EARLIER WHAT I WAS SHARING ABOUT KIND OF BRINGING SOME NUANCE TO THIS, I THINK REALLY COMES INTO PLAY HERE BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZING VACANT SCHOOL PROPERTY, RIGHT, THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INFILL THAT COMES WITH, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES A HIGHER COST THAN, BUILDING OUT MAY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO FACTOR IN AS WE LOOK AT OUR GOALS.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, TWO POINTS THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE MADE, IT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE ABOUT NUMBER OF UNITS.
IT CAN ALSO BE ABOUT, HOW THOSE UNITS SUPPORT OTHER GOALS THAT WE HAVE.
SO THAT'LL BE MORE REFLECTIVE IN LIKE WHEN IT'S TIME TO SET FUNDING PRIORITIES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH.
YES. AND I'LL ADD THAT WE ALSO INCORPORATED SOME OF THAT INTO THE SPECIAL HOUSING SUPPLY TASK FORCE REPORT ABOUT ENSURING THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON NEW FUNDING, EFFORTS ALONG THE TRANSIT LINES IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE TOD PLANS, AND ALSO WITH A NOD TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTIES THAT MAYBE HAVE BEEN, DECOMMISSIONED AND HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH THEM GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN GOING FORWARD TO THE, THE PRESENTATION THAT PATRICK GAVE.
YOU KNOW, I WANT TO ECHO A LOT OF WHAT I HEARD FROM KATIE AND KRISTEN IN TERMS OF PROVIDING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES DOLLARS.
YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WHEN WE'RE BUILDING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK, AND THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT THAT IS COMING FROM THE PUBLIC TO ACTUALLY BUILD THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
AND SO IF IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, WHICH CANNOT BE GENERATED BY THE PROPERTY ITSELF, CANNOT AFFORD TO GENERATE THAT REVENUE.
YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THAT GAP GOING TO COME FROM? RIGHT.
AND WE ALL KNOW THAT, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY, AN INCREDIBLE TOOL THAT WE'VE MADE SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS IN.
SO, WHAT ARE SOME SOLUTIONS THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF, THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ASPECTS? EITHER THROUGH, YOU KNOW, CITY EFFORTS, PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS, LIKE WHAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF A SOLUTION FOR THAT? IT'S IT'S CHALLENGING, I THINK FOR ALL THE CHALLENGES THE, THE, THE CHAIR LAID OUT WITH THE CONTINUUM OF CARE GRANT CHANGES, WHICH COULD REALLY AFFECT THERE COULD BE OPPORTUNITY THERE WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FUNDING.
ALTHOUGH IT IS, PRIORITIZED DIFFERENTLY THAN WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, SO THAT IT COULD BE THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE.
I THINK WORKING WITH OUR EXISTING CASE MANAGERS ON ELEVATING THE TRAINING AND THE STANDARDIZATION OF WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW WILL MAYBE NOT AT CAPACITY, BUT WILL IMPROVE HOW THE RETENTION RATES OF HOW FOLKS ARE, ACCESSING THE HOUSING WHEN THEY WHEN THEY ARE BEING SERVED.
I THINK THAT WE NEED THIS IS COULD COULD BE WHERE OTHER THOSE OTHER SECTORS COME TO BEAR SOME OF THEIR RESOURCES.
AS FOLKS ARE GETTING HOUSED, WE NEED TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. WE NEED TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE JAIL.
THERE'S AN INTEREST THERE THAT WE SEE.
AND SOME OF THAT IS COMES DOWN TO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO BE THAT, THEY INTERFACE BETWEEN THE LANDLORD AND THE CLIENT TO RESOLVE THOSE REAL MINOR ISSUES BEFORE THEY BECOME BIGGER ONES.
AND THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN LEVEL OF NEED FOR THE THE PARTICULAR CLIENTS.
LIKE SOMEONE THAT, KRISTEN MAY BE WORKING WITH, ONE OF HER CLIENTS MAY NOT BE AS A HIGH ACUTE NEED IS IS SOMEONE WHO YOU'RE JUST BRINGING OFF THE STREET WHO HAS SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS, ETC..
AND SO THAT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ASPECT, I THINK WILL BE CRITICAL, ESPECIALLY IF THE CITY IS PLANNING ON ANOTHER 400.
I THINK IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PLAN, WE JUST HAVE TO REALLY ACCOUNT FOR THAT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND FINANCING THESE DEALS IN THE FUTURE.
I KNOW THERE'S STILL MORE QUESTIONS.
JUST WANT TO WEIGH IN WITH, RELATED POINT.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW IN THIS ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING HOLISTICALLY AT ALL OF OUR FUNDING SOURCES TOGETHER AS ONE BIGGER PICTURE.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE GETTING PUBLIC INPUT ON CITY DOLLARS, BUT OVERALL IT'S ABOUT MEETING THE NEED.
SO SOMETHING I JUST WANT TO CAUTION, AND MAYBE WE CAN HAVE MORE FOLLOW UP CONVERSATIONS, IS SHIFTING FUNDING,
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TOWARDS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND YOUTH PROGRAMING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM CAN NOW FUND.SO WE DON'T HAVE FINAL ESTIMATES FROM HUD, BUT BASED ON OUR CALCULATIONS, WHAT WE'VE SEEN, WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADD POTENTIALLY 3.7 MILLION ANNUALLY TO THE COC PROGRAM BUDGET, BUT IT CAN'T BE USED FOR PERMANENT HOUSING EXPANSION.
IT REALLY HAS TO BE USED FOR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT IS IF THIS FUNDING SOURCE IS BECOMING MORE LIMITED, HOW CAN WE BE MOST STRATEGIC AS A COMMUNITY WITH OUR DOLLARS? AND SAME THING WHEN IT COMES TO YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS.
LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT NUMBERS, WE HAVE MORE HOUSING CAPACITY COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF YOUNG ADULTS WE HAVE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAN ANY OTHER CATEGORY WHERE WE HAVE THE BIGGEST SHORTAGE IS ACTUALLY ARE OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABLING CONDITIONS.
SO I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR YOUTH PROGRAMING, AND IT'S IMPORTANT.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TRUE GAPS, ACROSS POPULATIONS, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STRUGGLING THE MOST TO FIND, HOUSING OPTIONS AND SERVICES.
AND WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT CLOSE TO HOMES ELIGIBLE TO APPLY AGAIN FOR FDP FUNDING, WHICH WE RECEIVED IN 2019, AND WE ESTIMATE THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY GET 6 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS TO EXPAND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR YOUNG ADULTS.
AND THAT WOULDN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THE OVERALL CONTINUUM OF CARE BUCKET.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THAT AND SEE, SINCE WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE DIRECTION FROM HUD, WHAT'S MOST STRATEGIC WITH OTHER FUNDS WHERE WE'RE SEEING THESE GAPS.
I ALSO WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK, MAYBE WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT SUCCESS MEASURES SINCE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS THE SHELTER AND HOUSING PLAN.
YOU'RE WORKING ON A FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR HUD.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A, SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY LEVEL FIVE YEAR.
WHAT OUR OBJECTIVES AND KEY RESULTS ARE GOING TO BE THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN FIVE YEARS.
SO MAYBE WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO ALIGN THEM AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE.
SORRY, I'LL LOOK THAT CONSTRUCTION NEXT.
SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING, WE'RE FINDING, OF COURSE WE'RE ON THE YOUTH SIDE.
BUT WE HAVE TWO GRANTS THROUGH HUD.
RENTS ARE DROPPING DRASTICALLY FOR US.
WE'RE ABLE TO FIND, MORE APARTMENTS THAT ARE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR OUR YOUTH LONG TERM, WHICH IS GIVING US MORE CAPACITY.
SO WE ARE ABLE TO, LIKE OURS IS 50 APARTMENTS THAT WE OVERSEE.
WE CAN ACTUALLY INCREASE THAT NUMBER.
OUR FEAR IS JUST THE LONGEVITY OF THOSE CONTRACTS BECAUSE THEY'RE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
SO IF WE MOVE THEM IN NOW, THEY'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE NEXT GRANT CYCLE.
BUT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT, THOSE RENTS ARE GOING TO SKYROCKET ALL OF A SUDDEN.
SO WE LITERALLY HAVE CAPACITY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, LIKE, HOW DO WE RENT MORE APARTMENTS? THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS FINDING LANDLORDS.
I WANT TO WORK WITH US, AND QUALITY LANDLORDS THAT OFTEN WORK WITH US BECAUSE SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING, AS WITH YOUTH, IS OUR YOUTH HAVE A HIGHER NEED THAN WHAT WE THINK THEY NEED.
SO THAT CASE MANAGEMENT, THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
YOU KNOW, YOU GET A 12 MONTH LEASE.
AND THEN YOU GET SIX MONTHS OF AFTERCARE.
WELL, YOUTH PROBABLY NEEDS THREE YEARS OF A SUBSIDY.
SO FLEXIBILITY WOULD BE AMAZING.
I MEAN, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO TELL, LIKE HUD, HEY, IF A YOUTH IS COMING INTO OUR CARE, I DON'T WANT TO PUT THEM INTO AN APARTMENT BY THEMSELVES AND SCATTERED SITE.
BUT I CAN'T PAY FOR A SOBER LIVING HOME.
LIKE, THERE'S ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE TIED TO WHERE WE CAN'T DO IT.
SO HAVING SOME FLEXIBILITY AND I KNOW CLOSE TO HOME AND HOW WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR THAT AT DIFFERENT LEVELS.
BUT THE REALITY IS EVERY YOUTH AND EVERY PERSON COMING INTO THE SYSTEM HAS A DIFFERENT NEED.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE SYSTEM IS BUILT FOR ONE SIZE FITS ALL FOR WHAT THAT VOUCHER IS OR WHAT THAT SUBSIDY IS.
YOU HAVE TO FILL INTO THESE BUCKETS.
SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE.
AND LIKE, LIKE BECAUSE WE AVERAGE LIKE THE SUBSIDY WILL PAY FOR LIKE A $1,200 A MONTH APARTMENT.
WE CAN GET APARTMENTS NOW FOR 700 BUCKS.
SO THAT'S A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS SITTING IN THAT POOL THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND.
SO WE'RE GOING OUT RIGHT NOW, AND, AND THERE'S I THINK WHEN I, WE PULLED THE LIST, THERE'S 266 YOUTH ON THE RESOURCE ELIGIBILITY LIST, AND 216 OF THEM ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT AREN'T ASSOCIATED.
AS WE WERE LOOKING AT LONG TERM, LIKE HOW WHAT'S OUR CAPACITY NEEDS FOR YOUTH? NOW, OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS BEING ADDED TO THE LIST.
AND THOSE WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THOSE WOULD BE OVER TIME.
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BUT THEY ARE THEY ARE DEFINITELY A HIGHER NEEDS.THEY HAVE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.
THEY HAVE SUBSTANCE USE CHALLENGES. THEY HAVE, INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES THAT WE HAVE TO LIKE, LOOK AT.
SO GROUP HOMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OUR, OUR NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, OBVIOUSLY WE GET FUNDING SOURCES FROM CITY, COUNTY, STATE AND FED.
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE CITY, WAS WAS MORE FLEXIBLE IN HAVING THESE CONTRACTS AND BEING READY FOR THESE CONTRACTS SO THAT WE AREN'T GOING BACK AND FORTH AND HAVING TO SPEND A TON OF RESOURCES AT A AT OUR LEVEL TO LIKE, ANSWER ALL THE EMAILS AND QUESTIONS.
SO THAT'S JUST SOME ASKING FROM THE NONPROFIT SIDE IS GRACEFUL WITH US.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO WHAT THE CHAIRWOMAN SAID ABOUT HUD FUNDING.
YOU KNOW, WE FOUND OUT JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT OUR FEDERAL RESERVE'S THAT WE'VE BEEN USING TO PROP UP OUR INCOME BASED HOUSING WILL BE OFFSET IT SO THEY'LL BE ELIMINATED.
AND THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME IN, THAT WE KNOW IN DECADES.
AND SO THIS IS HOUSING, YOU KNOW, 45,000 OF OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, WE'RE TRYING TO MANEUVER AROUND.
BUT THIS IS, I THINK, ONE EXAMPLE OF REAL LIFE IMPLICATIONS HAPPENING ON THIS SIDE.
AND HOW IS IT GOING TO PLAY OUT IN THE SHIP REFRESH AND, AND THE WORK WE DO WITH THE CONSOLIDATION PLAN? WITH OUR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS IS GOING TO BE THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WE'VE HAD, AT LEAST IN TEN YEARS AS OUR VOUCHER RECIPIENTS.
I MEAN, THAT KEY WORD CHOICE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT TITLE, THEY'RE GOING UP TO THE NORTHWEST SIDE AND SOUTHEAST SIDE WHERE RENTS ARE HIGHER.
AND SO WE'RE PAYING A LOT MORE RENTS, WHICH IS REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF VOUCHERS, THAT WE CAN DISTRIBUTE.
SO, THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE FUNDING, CONCERN FOR US MOVING FORWARD.
HOW DO WE SUSTAIN, EXCESS OF $10 MILLION OVER BUDGET EVERY YEAR TO MAINTAIN THOSE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS? AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOME HARD DECISIONS, MOVING FORWARD IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE SLICE AS PIE, THINNER SLICES TO ACCOMMODATE MORE FOLKS OR THICKER SLICES TO GIVE FOLKS, THE OPTION OF WHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE.
SO, THERE'S SOME HARD DECISIONS COMING DOWN THE PIKE.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE REFLECT THAT IN THE, IN THE, IN THE SHIP REFRESH.
AND THAT LEADS ME TO I JUST TWO POINTS, ONE FOR SARAH AND ONE FOR VALERIE.
SARAH, ON THE, YOUR SLIDE ABOUT NEXT STEPS FOR THE HOUSING COMMISSION NEXT MONTH.
YOU MENTIONED A REVIEW OF POTENTIAL GOAL UPDATES.
IS THAT GOING TO BE A REVIEW IN TERMS OF US PROVIDING INPUT AND DIALOG, OR IS THAT JUST KIND OF LIKE THIS IS KIND OF SET IN STONE AND WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF MENTION IT.
SO, WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THOSE TO YOU AND HEARING MORE ABOUT WHAT, WHAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE.
AND, OF COURSE, AS YOUR PARTNERS, WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU, IN ADVANCE AS WELL.
AND, VALERIE, ON THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, PROPOSED PRIORITIES.
YOU MENTIONED PRIORITY THREE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AGAIN, IN TERMS OF WHAT DOES REVITALIZATION ACTUALLY MEAN? YEAH.
SO IN THE PAST WE'VE USED IT FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.
I THINK THERE'S ONE OTHER CATEGORY.
THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, NOT THE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, BUT WE FUND, SUPPORT WORKERS.
THAT, CODE LETS US KNOW IF THERE'S OVERGROWN YARD AND THEY WERE ELDERLY, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO BEFORE CODE WOULD ISSUE A CITATION.
WE COULD REACH OUT TO THEM AND CONNECT THEM WITH RESOURCES.
SO IT'S ON THE RESOURCE SIDE OF, ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH CITY CODES.
NOW, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE'VE HEARD, WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT TO MORE FOCUS ON PERHAPS INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO THAT WOULD FALL INTO PRIORITY THREE.
IT'S NOT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN FUNDED, YOU KNOW, PRE 2020, BUT NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN FUNDED LATELY.
BUT SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT AGAIN AND WE PLAN TO LOOK AT AGAIN.
THANK YOU FOR RUNNING A MINDFUL OF THAT FAMED, HARVARD ECONOMIST ROBERT SHETTY, IN HIS LANDMARK STUDY A FEW YEARS AGO THAT LOOKED AT, ECONOMIC CONNECTEDNESS.
SAYING THAT DOES MORE THAN MUNICIPAL FUNDING, MORE THAN EARLY EDUCATION WHEN FAMILIES AND KIDS LIVE IN ECONOMICALLY DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT DOES SO MUCH MORE FOR ECONOMIC MOBILITY THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
AND THE DATA HE HE LOOKED AT MILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DATA POINTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
AND IT WAS I THINK WHAT I COULD DO WAS COMMON SENSE.
THOSE LIVING IN ECONOMICALLY DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES.
AND I THINK IN THIS, IN THIS CITY THAT IS SO ENTRENCHED IN ITS CONCENTRATED POVERTY FOR NOW, DECADES.
I THINK IT IS WORTH REVISITING IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW A CONSOLIDATED PLAN CAN REIMAGINE WHAT OUR CONCENTRATED POVERTY, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS STRICKEN WITH CONCENTRATED POVERTY.
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WHAT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE.BECAUSE I THINK THOSE OUTCOMES, THE DATA SHOWS IT.
THE OUTCOMES ARE IMPRESSIVE, IN TERMS OF GETTING FAMILIES OUT OF POVERTY, GETTING NEIGHBORHOODS OUT OF, PLIGHT, AND ALSO GETTING OUR CITY OUT OF ITS IT'S, YOU KNOW, DESIGNATE, DESIGNATION AS A, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY, WITH POVERTY.
SO I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING THERE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE DATA PROVIDES.
AND I, I, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE HOW OUR, OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS, IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE APPLYING FUNDING, REALLY TACKLES THAT ECONOMIC CONNECTEDNESS.
I THINK, IT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO.
OH, YEAH. MR.. FOLLOW UP TO. YEAH.
THIS REAL QUICK, IN TERMS OF, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, WAY BACK WHEN, THE CITY, USED TO PROVIDE, PORTION OF ITS CDBG ALLOCATION, TO PAY OFF A LOAN THAT WAS, I BELIEVE, IS A $57 MILLION LOAN.
THAT WAS DEDICATED TOWARDS VARIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I THINK, WHEN YOU LOOK, IT WAS A CDBG 108 LOAN.
THE CITY EVENTUALLY PAID THAT OFF EARLY, BECAUSE IT MADE MORE FINANCIAL SENSE TO DO SO.
BUT IN DOING SO, THEY WERE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE $57 MILLION AT ONE TIME, TO GO AHEAD AND INVEST IN VARIOUS STREETS AND SIDEWALK PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK THOUGH, ONE OF THE PITFALLS, TO THAT WAS IT WAS SPREAD OUT.
IT WAS THROUGH ALL TEN DISTRICTS.
EVERYONE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
SO YOU HAD A LITTLE SIDEWALK CONNECTION THERE, A LITTLE SIDEWALK CONNECTION HERE.
AND THAT WAS OVERLAID WITH, THE CIP AT THE TIME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
IT DOES THE CDBG 108 PROGRAM EXISTS STILL TODAY.
AND, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? BUT LOOKING AT MAYBE RETHINKING ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF THOSE DOLLARS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE MORE, MORE CATALYTIC IN NATURE.
YES. SO, COMMISSIONER ALANIZ, THE 108 LOAN DOES STILL EXIST WITH CDBG.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE EXPLORED, IN, IN THIS REALM, RECENTLY, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
I'M FAMILIAR WITH KIND OF THE END, THE TAIL END THERE OF HOW IT WORKED THE LAST TIME.
BUT YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD CONSIDERATION FOR US TO LOOK OUT FOR, FOR SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES. YEAH.
I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE THE WORK WE'RE DOING.
AND I ONE FINAL POINT ON THE SHELTER AND HOUSING PLAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, I'M A BIG FAN OF, THE WAY YOU'VE BROKEN DOWN THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM SO PEOPLE CAN SEE HOW EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE IN BALANCE.
YOU HAVE TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS, YOU KNOW, WORK TO REDUCE UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, REDUCE THOSE, RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS.
AND SEEING THE GAPS IS SO HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY ARE THEY STILL SEEING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED. WHY? BECAUSE WE HAVE A CAPACITY PROBLEM.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES, FOR EVERYONE.
BUT SOMETHING I WAS JUST KIND OF REFLECTING ON RIGHT NOW IS IT MIGHT BE A GOOD STEP TO ALSO JUST INCLUDE SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE PARTNERS ABOUT, OUR CURRENT PROJECTS, SOME TO KIND OF ASSESS ANY RISK TO OUR CURRENTLY OPERATING PROGRAMS OR THINGS THAT ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE COVERED.
BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO GET EXCITED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EXPANSION AND NEW IDEAS.
BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, REAL CONCERNS FOR SOME OF OUR PARTNERS.
WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT TWO AND A HALF YEARS, MIGHT HOLD.
SO JUST MAKING SURE WE KIND OF TEMPER THE EXCITEMENT ABOUT EXPANSION, EXPANSION AND LOOK AT CAN WE SUSTAIN EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE ALSO DON'T WANT ANY PROJECTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT TO FALL THROUGH.
AND THEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, A BAD EXAMPLE THAT THAT HURTS THE FUTURE BOND.
SO IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO JUST INCLUDE, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES KIND OF ASSESSING, DO WE HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT OR CURRENT PROGRAMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE WE KEEP EXPANDING? SO JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AND I'M GOOD.
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON OUR SUBCOMMITTEES, STARTING WITH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH.
I'LL BE PRESENTING THE, PO UPDATE FOR THIS, THIS MEETING.
I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER ABRAHAM AND CHAIR OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, HAS ASKED ME TO PRESENT.
SO, IT'S BEEN A PRETTY, A BUSY, TIME PERIOD FOR PEO.
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WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN, THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX HUB, CAMPAIGN AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS.THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, THEY'VE GENERATED, GOOD ENGAGEMENT, MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT.
AND ABOUT 20 PEOPLE HAVE, ATTENDED EACH SESSION.
AND DISCUSSIONS HAVE WE'VE HAD A WIDE RANGE OF DIFFERENT HOUSING KNOWLEDGE AND PERSPECTIVES.
THERE'S BEEN MORE PEOPLE ATTENDING THE PEO MEETINGS, MORE, MORE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
AND, THERE'S SOME FOLKS THAT ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE SHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND, THE PEO DID NOT MEET IN JUNE BECAUSE OF THE, THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
WE'VE ALSO PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SUPPORTING THE OUTREACH EFFORTS.
AND CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ALL OF THESE, HOUSING BOND CONVERSATIONS.
AND THEN WE'RE EAGER TO REVIEW THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT EMERGE FROM THIS, CONVERSATION SERIES.
BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HELP TO INFORM FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVESTMENTS.
AND THEN I'M ALSO GIVING THE RENTER SOLUTIONS, SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATE.
THE COMMITTEE MET IN MAY AT, MERCEDES, CASITAS VIA CORONA PROPERTY.
AND, WE HAD 11, TEN ATTENDEES, INCLUDING THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS AND HST STAFF AND CONSULTANT DAVID SCHWARTZ.
WE RECOGNIZE THE MEMBER COHORT.
FOR 2024 TO 2026 AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE.
AND THEN, AND CITY STAFF GAVE A BRIEFING ON THE FIVE YEAR HUD CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND FUNDING OVERVIEW FOR EACH HUD GRANT, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HEARD HERE TODAY.
AND THEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS BROKE INTO WORKING GROUP SESSIONS TO REFLECT ON CERTAIN QUESTIONS AND, EVALUATE CURRENT SPENDING PATTERNS, FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS GAVE FEEDBACK ON HUD PRIORITIES, HOMELESSNESS SERVICES, SPECIAL HOUSING SUPPLY GOALS.
AND SOME FOLKS HAD SAID FUNDING MORE CHILD CARE CENTERS FOR RENTAL HOUSING, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
AND THEN STAFF GAVE A QUICK BRIEFING ON THE VETERANS SOURCE OF INCOME PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE.
AND, THE NEXT RECESS MEETING WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY ON JULY 9TH, WHICH IS THURSDAY AT 5:30 P.M..
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING OUR NEW SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS TO THAT FIRST MEETING, AND ENGAGING THEM IN THIS IMPORTANT WORK.
AND THEN, FOR ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO ATTEND, OF COURSE, THESE MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
SO HOPEFULLY EASY TO JUST, PLUG IN AND EVEN JUST LISTEN TO WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND YOU CAN FIND THE DETAILS FOR THOSE MEETINGS ON.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. REMOVING BARRIERS.
THIS WILL BE A VERY BRIEF BRIEFING.
WE AT OUR LAST MEETING JUST A WEEK AGO OR SO.
MAYBE A LITTLE LESS THAN THAT.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A REPORT OUT FROM THE TEAM WITH RESPECT TO, THE, THE CDBG AND HOME EC AND ON TOP OF THE FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
AS WELL AS A PRESENTATION FROM, FROM PATRICK AND HIS TEAM ON, ON THE HOMELESS, SHELTER AND HOUSING PLAN.
SO, WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE SOME, I THINK, SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE GROUP AND, LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO SEE THAT FEEDBACK COME TO FRUITION.
WE DID TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE KIND OF SOME NEXT STEPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ATTACKING, IN UDC AMENDMENTS.
THAT IS STARTING TO GET, BACK ON TO OUR CALENDAR AS WELL AS, LOOKING AT MISSING MIDDLE, OPPORTUNITIES.
WE DO HAVE, KIND OF AN OUTSTANDING INVITATION FROM, SOME LOCAL SMALL SCALE DEVELOPERS.
I WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS ARE KIND OF ONE ON ONE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING, THAT SORT OF, INPUT FROM THE GROUP, REALLY.
AND THEN, ALSO UNDERSTANDING OPTICS IS DOING SOME WORK FOR THE CITY.
AND I THINK THAT WAS GOING TO BE PART OF, WHAT WE REVIEWING AS WELL.
AND THAT WE CAN GET A GOOD REPORT OUT, AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON REMEMBERS.
NEXT, WE HAVE ITEM FIVE, OUR DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
VERONICA GARCIA, DIRECTOR FOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES.
I HAVE A FEW ITEMS I JUST WANT TO BRIEF THE COMMISSION ON BEFORE I JUMP INTO IT.
WANT TO HAVE A VERY SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR OUR,
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ADMINISTRATOR, SIMONE DE SANCHEZ.THIS IS HER LAST DAY WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO SHE'S MOVING ON TO PURSUE OTHER EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES ALL IN THE WORLD OF ENGAGEMENT.
SHE WON'T BE FAR, BUT WE'VE SO MUCH APPRECIATED ALL THAT SHE'S DONE, FOR OUR TEAM, FOR THE COMMUNITY, REALLY HELPING ENSURE, THAT WE CONTINUE TO REALLY LOOK AT HOW WE ARE DELIVERING SERVICES.
ARE WE REACHING THE MOST VULNERABLE, THE MOST IN NEED? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND ALWAYS HELPING OUR TEAM AND A LOT OF OTHER CITY TEAMS AS WELL.
LOOK AT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, HOW WE CAN ENSURE, NOT JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING FROM A SERVICE STANDPOINT, BUT MAKING CREATING THAT AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY OF OF HOW OUR PROGRAMS ARE BEING DELIVERED.
SHE'S BEEN A STRONG LEADER OF MANY OF THE INFORMATION, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN THAT WE'VE LED AND JUST WANTED TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TEAM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST KIND OF WE'RE BACK THERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL SHE'S DONE.
AND SHE'S BEEN, ALSO VERY INSTRUMENTAL WITH THIS COMMISSION AS WELL IN HER ROLE IN HELPING LEAD THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND SO I WILL GO THROUGH THE OTHER ITEMS, STARTING WITH THE PROPERTY TAX HELP CAMPAIGN.
SO WE JUST WRAPPED UP THE CAMPAIGN WAS FROM MID APRIL TO MID MAY.
IT'S A VERY BUSY FIVE WEEK CAMPAIGN.
WE HAD TEN IN-PERSON SESSIONS AND TWO VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS.
IN TOTAL WE HAD JUST OVER 400 NOTICES OF PROTEST FILED ON SITE, AN ADDITIONAL 88 EXEMPTIONS.
AND OF COURSE, THAT DOESN'T COUNT FOLKS WHO TOOK OUR MATERIALS AND WENT BACK HOME AND FILED ONLINE OR MAILED THEM IN ON THEIR OWN.
IN TOTAL, WE HAD ALMOST 800 ATTENDEES REPRESENTING OVER 600 HOUSEHOLDS.
WE TAKE SURVEYS THAT ALL OF THEM SURVEY RESPONSES WERE VERY, VERY STRONG.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD 99% WHO ARE HAPPY OR VERY HAPPY WITH THE PROGRAMING INVOLVED.
AND AT EVERY SINGLE, SESSION, WE HAD A PROFESSIONAL FACILITATOR PROVIDE INFORMATION ON WHAT OUR PROPERTY TAXES, HOW TO PROTEST, HOW TO QUALIFY FOR EXEMPTIONS, ALL OF THEM THAT WERE OUT THERE.
AND THEN WE HAD VOLUNTEERS ON SITE TO HELP PROVIDE THAT ONE ON ONE ASSISTANCE WITH ANSWERING QUESTIONS OR IN FACT, FILING FOR THOSE EXEMPTIONS OR PROTESTS.
SO, MANY THANKS TO THE TEAM WHO WAS OUT THERE, EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS AND ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CAME OUT.
WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN A, AN, A BIG, FACTOR IN THAT IS MAKING SURE THE ONGOING AFFORDABILITY OF BEING A HOMEOWNER IS SOMETHING THAT IS MANAGEABLE.
AND THESE, PROPERTY TAX HELP SESSIONS HELP ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE THAT SUPPORT SO THEY CAN ACCESS THOSE RESOURCES.
NOW, WHEN WE TURN TO THE RENTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE DO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE RENT Y SESSIONS, WHICH ARE ALSO, FACILITATED BY AN OUTSIDE ENTITY, FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO.
THESE SESSIONS FOCUS ON HELPING OUR RENTERS UNDERSTAND BOTH THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
JUST THIS PAST MONTH, ON MAY 30TH, WE HELD A YOUNG ADULT FOCUS SESSION AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, AND IT WAS REALLY THE INFORMATION SHARED WAS GEARED TOWARDS PEOPLE ARE NEW RENTERS 18 TO 24 YEARS OLD.
THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE THRIVE YOUTH CENTER.
SO THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER HOLLY FOR THE SUPPORT.
AND AS WELL AS SAM MINISTRIES AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BUT ABOUT 30 ATTENDEES AND SEVERAL RESOURCE TABLE PARTNERS.
AND THE NEXT SESSION WILL BE ON JULY 30TH AT 6 P.M.
AT THE MULTI-GENERATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITY CENTER IN DISTRICT TWO.
IN ALL THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD ALMOST 200 PEOPLE ATTEND OUR MONTHLY SESSION.
SO, PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE NEXT ONE, WILL.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DAVILA, FOR HIGHLIGHTING OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND CONVERSATIONS.
AND TO MANY OF YOU WHO HAVE JOINED US AT THE CONVERSATIONS, WE'VE HAD, ONE, ALMOST ONE IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT WILL BE RESCHEDULED, BECAUSE OF THE RAIN EVENTS.
I'LL HAVE THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
BUT EACH ONE, A FEATURED INFORMATION ON THAT.
WE HAD AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND.
WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FACILITATE AND PRESERVE WITH THESE FUNDS.
WE HAD IN TOTAL ABOUT 130 ATTENDEES WITH THE LARGEST
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ATTENDANCE TO IN DISTRICTS FIVE AND FOUR.AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO ALSO, IN ADDITION TO TALKING ABOUT THE HOUSING BOND, WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS SO THEY COULD UNDERSTAND ALL THE DIFFERENT PLANNING EFFORTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.
SO THE SHIP REFRESH GOT FEEDBACK ON OUR HUD CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WHICH WE JUST SHARED EARLIER.
SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR TEAM TO REALLY GET OUT INTO ALL OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND HEARING DIRECTLY FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHICH WE INTERACT WITH MANY TIMES, AND ALSO THOSE WHO ARE MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH OUR SERVICES, BUT REALLY ENSURING THERE'S AWARENESS OF WHAT ALL THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING INVESTMENTS ARE, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, AND HOW THEY CAN PROVIDE INPUT ON FUTURE EFFORTS.
SO THERE IS A SCHEDULE AS MENTIONED.
THERE ARE TWO THAT WILL BE PLANNING TO RESCHEDULE.
AND THEN NEXT MONTH IN JULY, WE WILL HAVE A VIRTUAL CONVERSATION.
SO ANYONE WHO ISN'T ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON HAS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY COMING UP WITH SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION HAS, WEIGHED IN ON IN THE PAST, AND THAT WAS JUST APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL LAST MONTH, IS THE VETERAN SOURCE OF INCOME ORDINANCE, WHICH APPLIES TO RENTAL HOUSING PROVIDERS WHO CANNOT REFUSE TO RENT TO A VETERAN SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THEY ARE USING A CERTAIN TYPE OF INCOME, SUCH AS A FEDERAL HOUSING VOUCHER.
THIS APPLIES ONLY TO RENTAL HOUSING PROVIDERS THAT OWN FIVE OR MORE RENTAL UNITS, AND OF COURSE, PROTECTS THEIR ABILITY TO LAWFULLY SCREEN AND APPLY, TENANT SCREENING CRITERIA FAIRLY ACROSS THE BOARD.
THERE ARE VIOLATIONS IN PLACE.
SO THE FIRST ONE, I REPORTED TO US, WE DO INVESTIGATE THOSE VIOLATIONS.
THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE A WRITTEN WARNING.
THE SECOND WOULD BE A MANDATORY TRAINING AND ARE LOOKING TO IMPOSE A FINE.
IF THERE IS A THIRD OFFENSE BY THE SAME OWNER AND A REFERRAL TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR A POTENTIAL FOLLOW-UP.
OUR EFFORT IS TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS BROAD AWARENESS BECAUSE IT IS A NEW ORDINANCE AND APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR PARTNERS WHO HAVE HELPED GET THE WORD OUT.
WE ARE PLANNING TO DO SOME VIRTUAL TRAINING STARTING IN AUGUST, AND THIS IS A, SIX MONTH EFFORTS TO START, AND WE ARE EXPECTED TO REPORT BACK TO THIS COMMISSION AND TO CITY COUNCIL AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON HOW THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN GOING.
AND THAT'S, PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN REFERRING, HOUSING PROVIDERS OR LANDLORDS TO OUR TEAM SO WE CAN HELP EDUCATE THEM AND GIVE THEM INFORMATION ON WHAT THE ORDINANCES AND OF COURSE, GETTING THE WORD OUT TO VETERANS AND THE COMMUNITY.
SO THEY'RE, AWARE OF THIS NEW BENEFIT FOR THEM.
THE NEXT HOUSING COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULED IN JULY, WILL BE BACK AT THE ALAMO COLLEGES BOARDROOM.
MANY THANKS TODAY TO OPPORTUNITY HOME FOR HOSTING US FOR TODAY'S MEETING.
THEN WE HAVE OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS, DISPLAYED THERE A JULY 6TH FOR P O, JULY 9TH FOR RENTER SOLUTIONS, AND JULY 21ST FOR REMOVING BARRIERS.
AS MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE THE SHIP REFRESH AND MORE DETAILS ON OUR HUD CONSOLIDATED PLANNING EFFORTS.
AT OUR PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT WEEK ON TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD, AND OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD THEIR LAST, COUNCIL MEETING EARLIER TODAY.
SO THEY WILL TAKE A BREAK, THROUGH THE MONTH OF JULY.
AND THAT'S WHEN OUR TEAMS, ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, WILL REALLY FOCUS ON OUR CITY BUDGET EFFORTS.
AND WE'LL GO INTO OUR BUDGET WORK SESSIONS AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT.
WE TALKED A LOT TODAY ABOUT FEDERAL FUNDS, BUT ALL OF THIS INPUT ALSO GOES INTO HELPING US WITH OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGET PLANNING EFFORTS AS WELL.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I JUST HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE RENTAL HOUSING PROVIDERS WITH FIVE OR MORE RENTAL UNITS.
DO YOU KNOW HOW THEY DETERMINE FIVE FOR THE ORDINANCE SHORT? SO WE'RE GOING BY, THE NUMBER OF UNITS OWNED COLLECTIVELY.
SO ONE EXAMPLE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IS IT'S A MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY WITH SIX UNITS THAT AUTOMATICALLY APPLIES.
BUT IF WE CAN DETERMINE THAT THE OWNER HAS MAYBE THEY HAVE A DUPLEX ON ONE PARCEL AND THEY HAVE FIVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ELSEWHERE.
ALL OF THEM WOULD THEN COME UNDER THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE THE OWNER OWNS MORE THAN FIVE UNITS.
OKAY. I GUESS IT'S WITHIN THE CITY OF FIVE.
WHAT'S WHAT'S THE HOW WAS THAT DETERMINE? OH, I UNDERSTOOD, NO, BUT THAT'S HELPFUL.
ON WHAT? LOOKING AT OWNERS WHO ONLY HAVE A SMALL NUMBER OF UNITS.
AND OUR TEAM WORK WITH, SEVERAL GROUPS TO KIND OF TERM, LIKE WHAT IS A SMALL PORTFOLIO? IS IT ONE, IS IT TWO, IS IT THREE KIND OF SETTLED ON FIVE.
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ALSO IN ALIGNMENT WITH FAIR HOUSING LAWS APPLY IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN FIVE UNITS, THERE'S MORE NUANCE THERE.BUT THAT WAS KIND OF IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT.
SO LOOKING AT ENSURING THAT THOSE WHO HAVE REALLY SMALL PORTFOLIOS ARE ONLY OWNED 1 OR 2 UNITS, THAT IT COULD BE A BURDEN IF THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A WHOLE FEDERAL QUALIFICATION PROCESS.
THE INSPECTION DELAY ON RECEIVING RENT COULD POSE A BURDEN IF YOU JUST HAVE A VERY SMALL PORTFOLIO VERSUS IF YOU HAD MULTIPLE UNITS, PERHAPS YOU CAN, DELAY RECEIVING, IMMEDIATE RENT ON 1 OR 2 WHILE THE OTHERS KIND OF HELP SUSTAIN.
SO, THAT'S WHY IT'S IT'S STARTING OFF AS A PILOT.
WE'LL SEE IF IT MAKES SENSE TO RECONSIDER THAT NUMBER FIVE IS TOO BIG.
IT'S TOO SMALL. BUT THAT'S PART OF THE INPUT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THANK THANK YOU HAVE HAD DONE A, THERE WAS ANOTHER COMMUNITY UP IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA THAT ALSO DID THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM.
DID THEY HAVE ANY SORT OF SPECIFIC LIMITATIONS ON THE, THE APPLYING TO RENT PROVIDERS WITH FIVE OR MORE RENTAL UNITS, LIKE, WERE THERE ANY SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING EXCLUSIONS FROM THAT POLICY? WHAT WAS, WHAT DID THEY DO UP THERE? IT WAS FORT WORTH. OKAY.
AND THERE ARE NO EXEMPTIONS TO THEIR POLICY.
AND SO THE REASON WHY WE HAVE EXEMPTIONS TO THE POLICY REALLY HAS TO DO WITH THERE'S CONCERN FROM SMALLER LANDLORDS THAT THE PROGRAM MAY BE TOO BURDENSOME.
IS THAT WHAT THAT WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND? IN SHORT, YES.
I MEAN, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN AT THE TABLE FOR THIS CONVERSATION FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AS IT'S TAKEN PLACE.
AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAS COME UP WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT LANDLORDS FOR WHOM THIS IS A BURDEN? AND THAT HAS BEEN KIND OF A STICKING POINT IN COUNCIL CONVERSATIONS.
SO ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS, AT THE DAIS BECAME, WELL, MAYBE WE DON'T APPLY IT TO EVERYBODY INITIALLY.
AND I THINK THAT'S YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE IN THOSE MEETINGS HOW THEY, DECIDED TO TRY IT AT THAT POINT IN THIS ROOM.
LIKE I SAID, IT IS A PILOT, AND WE WILL GO BACK IN NOVEMBER FOR POTENTIAL UPDATES.
AND THEN, HOPEFULLY AS PART OF THAT LEARNING PROCESS, I'M VERY CURIOUS AS TO, YOU KNOW, FORT WORTH HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR SOME TIME.
WHAT IF THEY EXPERIENCED UP THERE IN THEIR PROGRAM? I THINK THAT'LL BE IMPORTANT CONTEXT TO UNDERSTAND.
SO, JUST WOULD LIKE Y'ALL TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU, YOU KNOW, STUDIED THE PROGRAM AND IT COMES BACK IN NOVEMBER.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
AND I THINK WHAT I'M KIND OF CONSIDERING IS, VETERANS BEING ABLE TO ACCESS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
BUT I'VE ALSO JUST THROUGH ONLINE COMMENTARY SEEN THAT, SMALLER, RENTAL HOUSING PROVIDERS THAT HAVE MUCH OLDER UNITS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MEETING THE HOUSING QUALITY STANDARDS.
SO ANYWAY, JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT POLICY DECISION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE DIRECTORS REPORT? OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS COMMUNITY UPDATES.
I KNOW WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO PLANNED.
COMMISSIONER RAY IS GOING TO START WITH, AND THEN WE CAN.
I JUST WANTED TO START OFF BY CONGRATULATING THE TRIAD YOUTH CENTER AND THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST FOUNDATION FOR THEIR NEW TRANSITIONAL HOUSING CENTER FOR LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH.
IT'S A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT FOR A CITY.
SO A GREAT CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT GREAT MILESTONE.
WOULD YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING BEFORE I.
SO YEAH WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH THE IT IS PRIDE MONTH AS WELL.
SO THIS COULDN'T HAVE COME AT A BETTER TIME FOR US TO CELEBRATE OUR LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND VISIBILITY MATTERS.
AND THIS STEPS UP THE, SHOWING THAT SAN ANTONIO IS A LEADER IN THIS COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY IN TEXAS, BUT THE SOUTHWEST.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST IN MOST STATES EVEN AROUND HERE.
AND I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT AND THANK PETE, PUBLICLY, BECAUSE OF HIS LEADERSHIP.
AND WE COULDN'T HAVE DREAMT OF THIS, 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO.
BUT BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNERSHIP, BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ON SEVERAL THINGS.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY DESIGN SOMETHING WITH A YOUTH VISION.
AND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'LL BE EXECUTING THIS PROCESS.
WE'LL HAVE TO RAISE A FEW BUCKS, BUT, WE'RE NOT TOO SCARED ABOUT THAT.
BUT WE KNOW THIS IS NOT JUST A LOCAL THING.
THIS IS A MORE GLOBAL, TEXAS, AND REGIONAL,
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WHERE A LOT OF OUR PARTNERS THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA CENTER OUT IN NEW YORK SAW THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND WENT BALLISTIC AND ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO REPLICATE THIS.AND SO I HAVE A TOUR TOMORROW FROM SOMEBODY FROM CORPUS THAT WANTS TO COME AND SEE HOW THEY CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN CORPUS.
SO, THIS IS A VISIONARY PIECE THAT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HOPE TO CUT THE RIBBON SOMETIME IN 2029.
BUT WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
SO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IT'S PRETTY AWESOME.
BECAUSE, WELL, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.
SO JUST A FEW MORE UPDATES, MADAM CHAIR.
ONE IS I WANTED TO SHARE THAT THE OPPORTUNITY HOME BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, EARLIER THIS MONTH APPROVED AN EXPANSION OF OUR VOUCHER INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO HELP WITH VASH VOUCHER RECIPIENTS AND HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER RECIPIENTS.
AND SO THAT WAS, FORMALLY APPROVED.
AND SO WE'RE GLAD TO GET THAT BACK UP AND RUNNING, TO ENCOURAGE LANDLORDS TO, PROVIDE HOUSING TO OUR ABOUT YOUR RECIPIENTS.
ANOTHER UPDATE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SABER, OUR, HOSTING A HOUSING PROVIDER SUMMIT ON JULY 10TH FROM 830 TO 3 P.M..
ANY POTENTIAL LANDLORDS OUT THERE WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE? THERE ARE EVENT TICKETS AVAILABLE ON EVENTBRITE.COM.
WE ENCOURAGE THOSE, EVEN MOM AND POP LANDLORDS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS SUMMIT.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, GET MORE INFORMATION AND BECOME A, HOUSING PROVIDER IN OUR CITY.
I ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, OUR ANNUAL FATHER'S DAY FIESTA, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN ANTONIO FATHERHOOD CAMPAIGN.
IT'LL HAPPEN RIGHT HERE AT OPPORTUNITY HOME PARK AT 818 SOUTH FLORES, RIGHT BEHIND THIS BUILDING.
THAT'LL HAPPEN THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 20TH.
AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL FATHERS AND FATHERS TO BE.
AND THOSE WHO LIKE FATHERS, TO TO BE AT THE EVENT.
WE ALWAYS GET A GREAT TURNOUT FOR MOTHER'S DAY, BUT NOT SO MUCH FOR FATHER'S DAY.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THE SHOW.
FOLKS WILL SHOW US A LOT OF FUN FATHER'S DAY AND AND SHOW TO THE EVENT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE.
AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO, SAY THAT ON JUNE 26TH, OPPORTUNITY HOME IS LAUNCHING ITS STRATEGY 2037 A CENTENNIAL VISION.
AFTER AFTER A LONG, YEAR, TWO YEARS OF, DEBATE COUNCIL, DELIBERATION.
THIS WILL BE THE LARGEST INVESTMENT IN INCOME BASED HOUSING SINCE THE 1930S.
AND IT WILL FINALLY BREAK DOWN THOSE RACIAL AND ECONOMIC SILOS THAT HAVE AFFLICTED OUR CITIES.
SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND, WE, WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.
AND OF COURSE, ALL THOSE HERE ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AS WELL.
SO THANKS VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
OKAY. ANY OTHER UPDATES, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YEAH, JUST REAL BRIEFLY.
SO TONIGHT WE HAVE A MEETING AT THE FOYER OF MIDDLE SCHOOL AT ONE OF OUR PROJECT DC, PUBLIC MEETINGS TO REALLY START FOCUSING IN ON THE ACTUAL VISION FOR KETTLEMAN SQUARE.
THAT'LL BE TONIGHT AT, AT 6:00.
AND THEN ALSO, WE'RE HAVING A SECOND SESSION AT, 10:30 A.M., ALSO AT FOY MIDDLE SCHOOL ON SATURDAYS.
SO IF, YOU ARE HAPPEN TO BE IN THE AREA IF YOU'RE ON THE WEST SIDE, I'M LOOKING AT, RENE DOWN THERE AND WE GET THE WORD OUT.
IF, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO TALK WITH SOMEONE AND THEY WANT INPUT IN THE PROCESS.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE. SO. THANK YOU.
GREAT. ANY OTHER UPDATES? OKAY. WITH THAT? I THINK I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.
OOPS. LIKE, I WAS LIKE, I STILL NEED A SECOND. ALL RIGHT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE I OPPOSE.
WE'LL ADJOURN OUR MEETING AT 5:44 P.M..
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.