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ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. IT IS 9:12 A.M.
[Housing and Homelessness Solutions on June 13, 2023.]
AND I'LL CALL MY LAST HOUSING HOMELESS SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER.IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO LEAD THIS COMMITTEE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.
NOW WE'LL GET DOWN TO THE BUSINESS AT HAND.
ITEM NUMBER ONE, APPROVAL OF THE MAY 22ND MINUTES.
ALL RIGHT. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOTION.
SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR VOTE AYE.
WE'RE READY FOR OUR FIRST BRIEFING ITEM.
OVERVIEW OF UPCOMING AGENDA ITEM ARPA RESIDENTIAL SEPTIC TANK PROGRAM.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN THOMAS AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING AND HOMELESS SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE.
I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION.
THIS MORNING'S BRIEFING WILL BE LED BY THOR ERICKSON AND JASMINE BAZLEY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION TEAM.
THANKS. GOOD MORNING HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE.
SO THE RESIDENTIAL SUBJECT PROGRAM.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND HISTORY, HOW WE GOT TO THE PLACE OF DEVELOPING THE PROGRAM AND HOW WE PLAN TO OPERATE THE PROGRAM IN THE DEPARTMENT AND THEN OUR PROPOSED NEXT STEPS.
AGAIN, THE PURPOSE TODAY IS TO DISCUSS THE PROGRAM DESIGN AND DISCUSS HOW WE PLAN TO MARKET THE PROGRAM AND CONDUCT OUTREACH, AND THEN GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THE NEXT STEPS IN LAUNCHING THE PROGRAM.
THESE FUNDS ARE BETTER KNOWN AS ARPA.
AND THEN, MOST RECENTLY, IN MAY 2023, CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED A TRANSFER OF $2.2 MILLION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, AND THIS $2.2 MILLION WILL BE USED TO OPERATE THE ARPA RESIDENTIAL SEPTIC TANK PROGRAM.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE BACKGROUND AND HISTORY.
A RECENT UPDATE TO THEIR PROGRAM IN 2020 IDENTIFIED 61 GEOGRAPHIES ACROSS THE CITY AND ALMOST 450 RESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES STILL IN NEED OF SEPTIC WATER, WASTEWATER SERVICES.
AND SO IN PARTNERSHIP, HOUSING WILL WORK WITH DALLAS WATER UTILITIES TO CONNECT INDIVIDUAL ADDRESSES TO THE MAIN INFRASTRUCTURE LINES THAT THEY ARE LAYING. HOUSING WILL SPECIFICALLY WORK ON CONNECTING THE INDIVIDUAL HOMES.
SO FOR PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY, THE MAIN ELIGIBILITY FACTOR IS THAT THE RESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES ARE IN DALLAS WATER UTILITIES, UNSERVED AREAS. WE WILL ONLY BE WORKING ON SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE OWNER OCCUPIED.
YEAH, OF COURSE. ON SITE YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE LAST SITE.
THE OSF IS ABBREVIATION BUT WITH ON SITE SEPTIC SYSTEMS CURRENTLY.
AND SO THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO SERVE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE ARE GOING TO COVER ALL OF THE REPAIRS NECESSARY TO DECOMMISSION OR DECONSTRUCT THE SEPTIC TANKS, TO BUILD OUT THE CONNECTIONS TO THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND ANY ASSOCIATED PLUMBING, REPAIRS, LANDSCAPING, SECONDARY REPAIRS THAT HAVE TO SUPPORT THE MAIN REPAIRS.
WE ARE WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH DALLAS WATER UTILITIES TO CREATE A TIMELINE FOR OUTREACH.
WE PLAN TO TARGET AREAS AS THEY ARE FINISHING THE MAIN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.
IS PREPARED TO CONDUCT DOOR TO DOOR OUTREACH, SEND OUT MAILERS, FLIERS, HOST COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHEN NECESSARY, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP FLIERS AND MARKETING MATERIALS FOR THIS.
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WE ARE ALSO PREPARED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH COUNCIL STAFF AND THE OFFICES TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF WHEN WE WILL BE OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS CONDUCTING THIS TYPE OF OUTREACH. SO FOR OPERATIONAL IMPACTS, OUR EXISTING RPA TEAM WILL BE RUNNING THIS PROGRAM.THAT TEAM IS MADE UP OF MYSELF, AND THEN WE HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER AND OUTREACH SPECIALIST.
THE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE ARPA RESIDENTIAL SEPTIC TANK PROGRAM.
SO THIS NEXT SLIDE GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEXT STEPS.
WE'RE BRIEFING HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE.
THAT'S IT. AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, WHEN WE WHEN YOU ASSUMING THAT YOU GET ALL THE REGISTRATIONS THAT YOU'RE HOPING FOR, HOW MANY OWNER OCCUPIED, HOW MANY WILL BE LEFT THAT ARE STILL ON SEPTIC SYSTEMS? SO FROM THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
SO IF WE HAVE 2.2 MILLION BUDGETED FOR THE PROGRAM, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD SERVE THE FIRST 100.
AND THEN EXCUSE ME, ON THE FOR THOSE WHO ARE RENTAL PROPERTIES.
SO CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT WILL BE THE GO FORWARD PLAN SO THAT JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE DOESN'T OWN A PROPERTY DOESN'T MEAN THEY SHOULDN'T BE HOOKED UP TO OUR CITY SYSTEM? SO WILL WE DO SOMETHING LIKE WE DO WITH OUR SIDEWALKS WHERE IT'S A SHARED PROPOSITION? OR WHAT IS THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD FOR NON OWNER OCCUPIED PROPERTIES? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
THAT'S A DETAIL THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCE THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD.
SO JUST ONE LAST QUESTION, IF I MAY, MISTER CHAIR, AND THAT IS SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH SEPTIC SYSTEMS VERSUS BEING HOOKED UP TO THE CITY SYSTEMS, AND IF WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A CASE IN FUTURE BUDGETS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NON OWNER OCCUPIED, WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING HOOKED UP TO THE CITY SYSTEMS VERSUS SEPTIC? HI, I'M GOING TO INVITE SARA SANDIFER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FROM DALLAS WATER UTILITY, TO BETTER ADDRESS THAT QUESTION.
GOOD MORNING. SARAH STANDEFER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.
AND AS THE TEAMS MENTIONED, WE KIND OF BEGAN IDENTIFYING THESE AREAS AS EARLY AS THE LATE 90S.
WE'VE REALLY LET DEVELOPMENT TAKE THE DRIVING SEAT.
ON REDOING WATER WASTEWATER LINES AS THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS IN THIS CASE.
NOW I GET THAT GENERAL STUFF, BUT WHAT I WANT TO GET TO AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A PACKED AGENDA, BUT I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE WITH TRYING TO REMOVE ALL SEPTIC SYSTEMS WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS, THEN I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A REALLY HELP EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THE CASE FOR IT.
WHY IS IT SO MUCH BETTER TO BE HOOKED UP TO A CITY SYSTEM VERSUS HAVING A SEPTIC SYSTEM? OKAY. WE'LL GET THAT INCORPORATED AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US ALL TO UNDERSTAND IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
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ALL RIGHT. VICE CHAIR YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
MY QUESTION GOES ALONG THE LINES TO.
HOMES. I DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE THE RENTERS.
WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REWARDING LANDLORDS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE PROPERTIES WHO JUST AREN'T DOING THE WORK TO BRING THEIR PROPERTIES UP TO TODAY'S STANDARDS.
AND SO AS MUCH AS I VALUE THE 50 OVER 50 OPPORTUNITY, I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MAYBE WE LIMIT THEM TO SMALLER. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT RATHER THAN AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A BIG DEVELOPER OUT THERE THAT HAS MULTIPLE PROPERTIES, BUT THEY SHOULD BE DOING THE WORK THEMSELVES AS WELL.
WE WILL TAKE YOUR COMMENTS UNDER ADVISEMENT AS WE LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL WAYS TO SERVE RENTERS THROUGH ADDITIONAL LANDLORD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. I THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
ANYONE ELSE ON THE COMMITTEE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING? WELL, THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION.
I THINK IT'S VERY MUCH NEEDED.
AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT BRIEFING.
CHRISTINE CROSSLEY, OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.
AND SAIRA KHAN CPO HOUSING FORD.
AND WHILE WE'RE GETTING THE PRESENTATION UP, I'M JUST HERE TO, AS I SAID, INTRODUCE SARAH AGAIN.
THIS IS OUR QUARTERLY REPORT ON THE HOUSING SYSTEM.
NO, THEY'LL DO IT. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU FOR THE COMMITTEE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY.
I'M SARA KHAN, THE CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER WITH HOUSING FORWARD.
AND AS CHRISTINE SAID, WE WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME TO JUST REFLECT ON SOME OF THE EXCITING PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE TODAY, LARGELY BECAUSE I THINK THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE HAD THIS YEAR IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS MADE ALONG WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS.
AND SO TO DO THAT, CHRISTINE AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO REFLECT ON SORT OF THE JUST PROVIDE A BIT OF A SNAPSHOT OF HOW WE GOT HERE AND SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE'VE TRANSFORMED OUR RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS THIS YEAR, THE IMPACT THAT HAS HAD ON UNSHELTERED AND CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, AS WELL AS OUR IMPACT TO BRING IN NEW RESOURCES.
AND THEN LASTLY, I THINK EMPHASIZING HOW WE HAVE TO BUILD ON THAT SUCCESS THIS YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO TACKLE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE MORE BROADLY AS A COMMUNITY TO STAMP OUT HOMELESSNESS BROADLY, PARTICULARLY AMONG FAMILIES AND YOUTH.
SO I THINK FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, JUST AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE REALLY BEEN CHANGING THE WAY THAT WE DO BUSINESS IN AN EFFORT TO DESIGN A SYSTEM THAT'S MORE COORDINATED AND COMPREHENSIVE. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUAL PARTNERS TACKLING HOMELESSNESS ON THEIR OWN, WE HAVE REALLY TRIED TO BRING TOGETHER THE COLLECTIVE STRENGTHS OF ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AROUND A COMMON VISION.
AND THESE SHARED GOALS HAVE REALLY BEEN THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR APPROACH.
AND WE ALWAYS START HERE AND START WITH THESE GOALS BECAUSE THESE HAVE BEEN OUR ANCHOR IN ALIGNING FUNDING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE REALLY RALLIED AROUND ENDING VETERAN HOMELESSNESS, UNSHELTERED AND CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, AND THIS YEAR WE ARE REALLY LAYING THE GROUNDWORK TO TAKE THAT CONCERTED EFFORT TO TACKLING YOUTH AND FAMILIES THIS
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YEAR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.AND IN THIS NEW APPROACH, WE BROUGHT PROVIDERS, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, FUNDERS TOGETHER AROUND PLANNING TABLES TO REALLY DESIGN PATHWAYS OUT OF HOMELESSNESS AND TO SAY, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE TO CREATE A PATH FROM AN ENCAMPMENT OR A SHELTERED LOCATION INTO PERMANENT HOUSING THAT'S AS SWIFT AND SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE? AND HOW DO WE ESTABLISH COMMON HOUSING INTERVENTIONS THAT EVERYONE CAN SIGN UP TO? BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BRING RESOURCES TO AND TO SCALE.
AND SO THAT WORK REALLY POSITIONED US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF NEW RESOURCE THAT WAS COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. WE HAD A SYSTEM, VISION AND SYSTEM GOALS.
WE DID THE HARD WORK AT THE PLANNING TABLE TO DESIGN WHAT WE NEEDED THAT SYSTEM TO LOOK LIKE.
WE HAVE A HOUSING LOCATION TEAM THAT'S REALLY BEEN HITTING THEIR STRIDE.
THEY ARE PARTNERING NOW WITH OVER 200 PROPERTIES AND LANDLORDS, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.
WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS FROM THIS QUARTER COMPARED TO LAST QUARTER OR FIRST QUARTER OF LAST YEAR WHERE WE'RE NOW BRINGING IN OVER 130 UNITS ON AVERAGE PER MONTH TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE SYSTEM.
SO WITH DALLAS REAL TIME THAT HAS RESULTED IN HOUSING OVER 2100 PEOPLE, WE ARE ON PACE TO HIT OUR DALLAS REAL TIME GOALS AND WE HAVE OTHER INDICATIONS THAT OUR TRANSFORMATION IS WORKING.
AND WE'VE DONE ALL OF THAT DURING SOME VERY TOUGH TIMES.
SO I KNOW WE'D ALL LIKE TO BE EVEN FURTHER THAN WE ARE TODAY, BUT WE'VE BEEN UP AGAINST THE FALLOUT FROM THE PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, A VERY CHALLENGING HOUSING MARKET AND SOME MAJOR STAFFING SHORTAGES.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR SECTOR HAS EXPERIENCED.
BUT WE KNOW THAT IN TALKING TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, EVERYONE HAS STRUGGLED WITH MEETING THE STAFFING NEEDS TO REALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO OPERATE AT THIS SCALE. DESPITE ALL OF THAT, WE ARE ON TRACK AND HITTING OUR HITTING OUR HOUSING GOALS UNDER DALLAS REAL TIME.
SO THOSE THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE PAYING OFF.
WE HAD MORE SUBSTANTIAL DECLINES IN UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND WE HAVE REALLY REVERSED THE TRAJECTORY ON CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, WHICH I THINK IS OUR BIGGEST WIN THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR, WHEN WE PRESENTED TO YOU ON OUR STATE OF HOMELESS DATA, WE SAW A DOUBLING OF CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS DURING THE PANDEMIC.
THAT WAS AN EXPERIENCE THAT WE SAW AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
JUST BECAUSE WE HAD, YOU KNOW, SERVICES GOING OFFLINE, OUTREACH BEING DISRUPTIVE.
AND SO THAT POPULATION THAT STRUGGLES TO GET OFF THE STREET ON THEIR OWN, WE SAW A HUGE LEAP.
BUT BECAUSE OF REAL TIME AND SOME OF THE INTENTIONAL EFFORTS, THE STORY THIS IS TELLING US IS THAT WHEN WE TARGET EFFORTS AND WE BRING HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO THESE MODELS THAT WORK, WE CAN MAKE A HUGE IMPACT.
AND SO WE SAW THAT IN THE CHRONIC NUMBERS.
I THINK THIS DATA IS ALSO TELLING US THAT SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES AND SYSTEMIC RACISM CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE DISPARITIES IN WHO'S BECOMING HOMELESS.
AND YOU WILL SEE FROM THIS DATA THAT IMBALANCE HAS ACTUALLY GOTTEN SLIGHTLY WORSE THIS YEAR.
SO 20% OF THE POPULATION OF DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY ARE BLACK HOUSEHOLDS.
AND THIS YEAR, 59 BLACK HOUSEHOLDS REPRESENT 59% OF OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION.
SO WE DO SEE THAT DISPARITY MOVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING, THOUGH, THAT WE USE THIS DATA AS A HOMELESS SERVICES SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR CONTROL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PERPETUATING THOSE DISPARITIES.
AND WE ARE TRACKING HOUSING OUTCOMES AND DISAGGREGATING THOSE OUTCOMES BY RACE.
AND TODAY WE SEE THAT WHILE BLACK HOUSEHOLDS MAKE UP 59% OF THE GENERAL POPULATION, 71% OF THOSE HOUSED ARE BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS, AND THOSE HOUSEHOLDS ARE GETTING HOUSED AT HIGHER RATES.
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NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.SO I THINK THE FINDINGS FROM THE PIT ALSO INDICATE THAT WE STILL HAVE BARRIERS THAT WE ARE FACING.
AND THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE STAYING IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
WE ALSO ADDED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING BEDS THIS YEAR, AND THAT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE GOING INTO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING DROVE AN INCREASE ACROSS EACH OF THESE SUBPOPULATIONS.
AND I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ON THE SLIDES DIDN'T SHOW UP VERY WELL.
AND AS A SYSTEM, WE HAVE TO WHEN INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES SEEK HOMELESS SERVICES, WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO WE HAVE TO BE EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE AN IMMEDIATE HOUSING SOLUTION.
AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE CAN RETAIN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSITIONAL HOUSING BY PROVIDING TRANSITIONAL SUPPORTS TO SOMEONE IN PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'RE ENDING THEIR HOMELESSNESS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PROMOTING HOUSING STABILITY, WHICH NOT ONLY HELPS US REDUCE THESE NUMBERS AND DRIVE OUR NUMBERS DOWN, BUT IT ALSO LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE TO ACTUALLY COME INTO A CRISIS ENVIRONMENT AND EXPERIENCE LONG EPISODES OF SHELTER STAYS OR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
SO I THINK WHAT WE ARE BUILDING THIS YEAR WITH A GREATER FOCUS ON YOUTH AND FAMILY HOMELESSNESS, IS THINKING ABOUT THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PROGRESS THAT WE MADE THIS YEAR.
SO THAT WORK HAS STARTED WITH DESIGNING A FRAMEWORK FOR ENDING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS AND ENDING FAMILY HOMELESSNESS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR FAMILY AND YOUTH PROVIDERS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS IN OUR FUNDERS.
AND AT THE CORNERSTONE OF THOSE FRAMEWORKS ARE TWO STRATEGIES THAT THE SYSTEM HAS SIGNED UP TO.
AND DIVERSION IS A NEW INTERVENTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY MORE BROADLY.
BUT WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM OUR FAMILY HOMELESS SYSTEM ABOUT HOW WELL THIS CAN WORK.
BUT THE IDEA IS THAT DIVERSION SPECIALISTS ARE WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO BECOME HOMELESS.
THEY ARE USING SOME REALLY CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT'S BROUGHT TO THE FRONT DOOR OF OUR SYSTEM TO HELP PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY GO INTO ALTERNATIVE HOUSING OPTIONS. RIGHT. SO JUST STAYING FOR MAYBE A DAY OR TWO IN SHELTER BEFORE THAT TRANSITION HAPPENS, THAT COULD MEAN GOING BACK WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
BUT IT'S A LOT OF CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING.
AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM FAMILY GATEWAY, THEY HAD SOME DATA.
THEY'VE BEEN LEADING THIS STRATEGY FOR FAMILIES IN 2020, 80% OF THE FAMILIES THAT THEY DIVERTED DID NOT COME BACK INTO THE SYSTEM, AND THAT INTERVENTION WAS TEN TIMES LESS EXPENSIVE THAN AN AVERAGE SHELTER STAY.
AND SO WE'RE INVESTING IN THAT FOR BOTH YOUTH AND FAMILIES AND SINGLE ADULTS THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE CAN HELP HOUSEHOLDS AVOID HAVING TO COME INTO SHELTER AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND FREE UP OUR SHELTER CAPACITY, WHICH I KNOW WE WANT TO DO, TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO COME IN WHO ARE CURRENTLY LIVING ON THE STREETS.
SO IT ALSO THEN HELPS US USE OUR RESOURCES MORE WISELY.
SO THAT'S A BIG INITIATIVE THIS YEAR FOR VETERANS.
WE ARE HITTING OUR CRITICAL BENCHMARKS FOR BEING ABLE TO DECLARE A FUNCTIONAL ZERO OR AN EFFECTIVE END TO VETERAN HOMELESSNESS FOLLOWING THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS.
THE MOST IMPORTANT BENCHMARK THAT WE'VE MET IN THE LAST 90 DAYS, AND THAT ALLOWS US TO THAT CONTINUE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DECLARE AN EFFECTIVE END IS REALLY DEMONSTRATING THAT OUR SYSTEM HAS THE CAPACITY TO HOUSE ALL VETERANS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ON ANY GIVEN MONTH SO THAT OUR OUTFLOW MATCHES OR IS BETTER THAN OUR INFLOW FOR VETERANS COMING IN.
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NOW AND SEPTEMBER WITH ACH.NEXT SLIDE. CHRISTINE, DO YOU WANT TO START THIS ONE? THANK YOU, SARAH.
AND FOR US, THIS REALLY, I THINK, HAS A REALLY GREAT KIND OF MILESTONE WITH THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT EARLIER IN MAY THAT WE ARE PART OF A SIX COMMUNITY COHORT IN THE UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON ENDING HOMELESSNESS OR ON HOMELESSNESS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
IT'S PART OF THE ALL IN SIDE PILOT THAT'S GOING TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS BY 25% BY 2025.
AND WE WERE VERY HONORED TO HAVE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT MADE WITH MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AND PETER BRODSKY, THE HOUSING BOARD CHAIR AND MAYORAL TASK FORCE CO-LEAD, BOTH ABLE TO BE ON THE WHITE HOUSE PRESENTATION WITH US FOR THAT.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH A FULL TIME REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND TWO PART TIME STAFF TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING STREAMS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL AND TO REALLY JUST HELP CATALYZE WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE GOING ON AND TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
I WILL SAY THAT ONE OF THOSE SIX COMMUNITIES IS THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO WE'RE WE'RE VERY, VERY LUCKY TO BE PART OF THAT COHORT.
YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK DESPITE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE, LIKE OUR SUCCESS AND OUR ABILITY TO KIND OF REIMAGINE OUR APPROACH TO HOMELESSNESS HAS DEFINITELY BROUGHT NEW RENEWED INVESTMENT FROM OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS AND OBVIOUSLY PARTNERS ON THE GROUND HERE LOCALLY AS WELL.
AND WHEN CHRISTINE AND I HAVE TALKED TO OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS ABOUT THIS WHITE HOUSE INITIATIVE, YOU KNOW, THEY DID A VERY EXTENSIVE, EXTENSIVE CONSULTATION PROCESS WITH COMMUNITIES. AND THEY INVITED COMMUNITIES WHO THEY FELT REALLY SHOWED THE MOST PROMISE IN BEING ABLE TO HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, WHICH I THINK JUST SPEAKS TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE ON THE GROUND AND THAT THE THE THAT OUR LOCAL RESPONSE REALLY MODELS THE TYPE OF SYSTEM THAT FEDERAL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS OTHER COMMUNITIES TO ADOPT IN TACKLING THAT POPULATION.
SO THE OTHER INDICATION OF OUR SUCCESS THIS YEAR IS JUST REALLY THE UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF NEW RESOURCE THAT HAS COME INTO THE COMMUNITY. SO YOU ALL WOULD HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE $22.8 MILLION.
I KNOW WE TALKED TO THE COMMITTEE ABOUT THIS LAST TIME WE PRESENTED.
AND THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY WILL CREATE 400 NEW SLOTS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND IT WILL KICK START THAT EFFORT TO BUILD THE DIVERSION INTERVENTION THAT I TALKED ABOUT.
WE ALSO RECEIVED A 20% INCREASE IN OUR ANNUAL FUNDING AMOUNT FROM HUD THIS YEAR, WHICH AGAIN IS A HUGE INCREASE, THREE TIMES MORE THAN WE'VE ACHIEVED ON ANY ONE YEAR OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW YEARS.
SO A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THAT WILL AGAIN CREATE ANOTHER 80 SLOTS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
THIS YEAR WE ALSO HAVE $1.25 MILLION THAT WE SECURED FROM THE BEZOS FOUNDATION, THE DAY ONE FUND.
SO THE RESOURCES THAT ARE COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY HELP US LAUNCH INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF TRANSFORMATION AND TAKE OUR SYSTEM, OUR REHOUSING SYSTEM, REALLY TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND SO WITH THE NEW INVESTMENTS, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND OUR HOUSING GOALS AND TO CAST A NEW HOUSING GOAL. SO INSTEAD OF JUST FOCUSING ON HOUSING 2700 FOLKS IN TWO YEARS UNDER DALLAS REAL-TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO NOW CAST OUR GOAL ON SETTING HOUSING 6000 PEOPLE IN FOUR YEARS.
AND WE'RE DOING THAT IN THREE WAYS.
ONE IS LEVERAGING EXISTING DOLLARS THROUGH DALLAS REAL TIME TO HOUSE MORE PEOPLE.
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WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING EFFICIENTLY UNDER THAT PROGRAM TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.WE ARE SCALING DIVERSION AND SCALING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR.
CHRISTINE, DID YOU WANT TO ELABORATE ON THAT? THANK YOU. JUST TO SAY THAT ON THE DOCTOR SIDE, AS I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE, TO THIS BODY AND TO THE COUNCIL, WE ARE VERY LUCKY THAT WE BUDGETED EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVELY IN THE RTR AND WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
BUT WE'RE ALSO USING THIS INVESTMENT TO TACKLE ANOTHER BIG GAP IN THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS CREATING COMPREHENSIVE CARE TEAMS FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TENANTS THAT HAVE VERY COMPLEX NEEDS.
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TARGETS.
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
THIS IS A SMALL, RELATIVELY SMALL POPULATION, ABOUT 15% OF OUR OVERALL POPULATION.
BUT IT'S A GROUP THAT REPRESENTS PEOPLE WHO HAVE A CHRONIC DISABILITY, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OR CHALLENGES, PHYSICAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, OR A COMBINATION OF HEALTH CARE CHALLENGES.
AND HISTORICALLY, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS AND WHAT JOELY AND I HAVE HEARD EXTENSIVELY FROM OUR PROVIDERS IS WE NEED A SYSTEM SOLUTION TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ACCESS INTO A HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE FOR THOSE PSA TENANTS, THOSE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TENANTS WHO NEED THAT.
AND SO WHEN WE LEAVE IT UP TO PROVIDERS TO PIECE TOGETHER 15 TO 30 DIFFERENT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SOMEONE, OFTEN WE FALL SHORT IN BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE CARE TO PEOPLE THAT NEED A HIGHER LEVEL OF SUPPORT.
SO THE IDEA IS TO MEET THAT CHALLENGE.
WE ARE USING SOME OF THE NEW FUNDING COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY TO DESIGN MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS. THESE ARE FLEXIBLE IN-HOME TEAMS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT THAT'S TAILORED TO MEET SOMEONE'S INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.
AND THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO AGAIN, NEED A HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE.
BUT WE'RE CREATING A BUSINESS PLAN TO SAY OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 5 TO 7 YEARS, WE WANT WE WANT MEDICAID AND OTHER MAINSTREAM HEALTH HEALTH FUNDING SOURCES TO BE ABLE TO TAKE OVER THE COST OF SOME OF THOSE TEAMS. AND SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUILD ALL OF THAT THIS YEAR WITH SOME OF THE NEW RESOURCES THAT ARE COMING IN, WHICH IS EXCITING AND IS IT'S INNOVATIVE AND IT'S ALLOWS US TO LEVERAGE CROSS SYSTEM PARTNERSHIPS AND THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO REALLY MAKE PROGRESS WITH THAT POPULATION THIS YEAR.
I APOLOGIZE AGAIN, THE DATA IS WRONG.
BUT TO END UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AS A COMMUNITY, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO TWO THINGS.
WE'VE GOT TO EXPAND HOUSING OPTIONS AND WE'VE GOT TO CREATE PATHWAYS INTO THAT HOUSING.
SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE EXPANDED HOUSING OPTIONS.
TO DO THAT WILL TAKE MORE OUTREACH STAFF.
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THAT MEANS MORE DEDICATED STAFF TO OUR ENCAMPMENT TEAMS, MORE DEDICATED STAFF TO COORDINATED OUTREACH, WHICH MEANS OUTREACH TEAMS THAT ARE STRATEGICALLY WORKING SPECIFIC ZONES ACROSS THE CITY AND COUNTY TO PREVENT MORE ENCAMPMENTS FROM FROM POPPING UP.SO WE DON'T HAVE NEW FUNDING COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY FOR OUTREACH.
AND FOR OUR PART, AS THE CITY IS THE CO-LEAD FOR THE ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING IN DALLAS, WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT PORTION OF OUTREACH WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AND EXPLORING THAT THROUGH THE CITY BUDGET.
I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THE NEXT SLIDE TO.
WE SAID IN OUR LAST I THINK IT'S OUR LAST OR YEAH, LAST MEETING THAT WE'D LIKE TO USE THIS TIME TO OCCASIONALLY BRING OUTSIDE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS OR PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE TO THE COMMITTEE.
JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THE LARGER SCALE AND THE LARGER LANDSCAPE.
AND SO AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE KEVIN TO TALK ABOUT COST SAVINGS FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, CHRISTINE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY CAN HEAR ME.
I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I'M THE SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER WITH C-S-H, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CORPORATION FOR HOUSING.
BRIEF BACKGROUND ABOUT MYSELF.
MOST RECENTLY, I WORKED AT SAMHSA'S.
HOMELESS AND HOUSING RESOURCES LED OUR WORK AROUND LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND OUR STATE CONTEXT, WHICH IS RELATED TO THE WORK THAT CHRISTINA SARAH WAS SPEAKING ABOUT AT HOMELESSNESS OUT.
I WANT TO START OUR CONVERSATION WITH JUST DEFINING WHAT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T.
SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WE THINK ABOUT THREE OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES THAT IT'S PERMANENT, MEANING PEOPLE HAVE THE OPTION TO LIVE THERE AND AS LONG AS THEY PLEASE, THEY ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO AGE IN PLACE IN A COMFORTABLE AND HABITABLE ENVIRONMENT.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SUPPORT, WE REALLY THINK ABOUT THOSE SUPPORT SERVICES THAT SARAH TALKED ABOUT IN RELATION TO THOSE COMPREHENSIVE CARE TEAMS. SO PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS AND ALSO THE ABILITY TO THRIVE IN THEIR HOUSING BY BEING PROVIDED HOUSING FOCUSED SERVICES AND THAT IT'S AFFORDABLE.
AND THIS MEANS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE PAYING MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME TOWARDS HOUSING COSTS.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS AN INTERVENTION, WE ARE THINKING ABOUT MODELS THAT INCLUDE SINGLE SITE HOUSING, WHICH IS TYPICALLY OUR STANDARD SITE HOUSING, WHICH COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 30 TO 100 UNITS ON ONE SITE.
WE ALSO HAVE SCATTERED SITE HOUSING AND INTEGRATED HOUSING, WHICH WE OFTEN CALL MIXED INCOME.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TODAY'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SPECIFICALLY AND HOW THAT DIFFERENCE DIFFERENTIATES FROM OTHER HOUSING TYPES LIKE RAPID REHOUSING, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, SHELTERS, ETCETERA.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE FULL SERVICES AND CONTINUUM OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WE THINK OF EVERYTHING FROM INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS, WHICH COULD BE OUR ASSISTED LIVING HOMES TO OUR NURSING HOMES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR EMERGENCY SETTINGS, WHICH COULD BE SHELTERS AND OTHER SHORT TERM LIVING SITUATIONS.
WHILE THIS IS A GREAT SOURCE OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WE DO LOOK AT THIS AS MORE SO OF A SHORT TERM HOUSING INTERVENTION VERSUS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WHICH IS THAT LONG TERM PERMANENT HOUSING INTERVENTION WHERE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND FALLS INTO SPECIFICALLY.
SO DID WANT TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT HOUSING MODELS SUCH AS SHELTERS AS WELL AS RAPID REHOUSING AS WE FOCUS ON AND ITSELF PSA AS AN INTERVENTION IS PROVEN TO END HOMELESSNESS AND ADDRESS HOUSING INSECURITY FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS BUT ALSO CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
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FOR MAYBE ONE YEAR, CONSECUTIVELY OR EPISODES OF HOMELESSNESS OVER THREE YEARS.BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A DISABLING CONDITION ON TOP OF THIS HOMELESS HOMELESSNESS STATUS.
HIV AIDS, PHYSICAL DISABILITIES THAT INCLUDE HEARING VISION AND MOBILITY ISSUES.
ET CETERA. SO AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT SLIDE AND WE START THINKING ABOUT THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, WE ARE THINKING AND CONSIDERING INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NOT ONLY HOMELESS AND USING THE RESOURCES OF OUR HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM, SUCH AS SHELTERS, DIVERSION ACTIVITIES, ETCETERA.
WE ARE CONSIDERING PEOPLE THAT HAVE DISABLING CONDITIONS THAT ARE ALSO USING OUR MEDICARE AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS SUCH AS EMERGENCY ROOMS JUST FOR HOUSING AND FOR THAT HOUSING RESPITE OR BEING INCARCERATED AT HIGHER RATES JUST BECAUSE OF THE CRIMINALIZATION RELATED TO EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, SUCH AS PANHANDLING, TRESPASSING, PUBLIC INTOXICATION.
ET CETERA. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE POPULATION SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE AND WE WANT YOU TO CONSIDER THE OTHER SYSTEMS THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON HOW THESE INDIVIDUALS SHOW UP AND LIVE THEIR LIVES, AND ALSO HOW THAT IS COSTING THE SYSTEM AS THEY INTERACT WITH OUR POLICE FORCE, AS THEY INTERACT WITH OUR HEALTH CARE AND MEDICARE PROVIDERS AS WELL.
SO THINKING ABOUT THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING HERE, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH AROUND THE FREQUENT USERS POPULATION AS WELL AS POPULATIONS THAT HAVE HIGH UTILIZATION RATES AMONGST, AS WE STATED, THE HOMELESS, THE HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM, JAIL SYSTEMS AS WELL AS HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS. SO CONSIDERING OUR HIGH MARKET AREAS LIKE NEW YORK, DENVER, SEATTLE AND LOS ANGELES, WE HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT NON STOP RIGHT HERE. I'M GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK.
ARE YOU GUYS HEARING ME STILL STATICALLY ON MY END? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
SO THINKING ABOUT COMMUNITIES LIKE NEW YORK, DENVER, SEATTLE AND LOS ANGELES, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE AND THE COST SAVINGS ASSOCIATED WITH USING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS AN INTERVENTION VERSUS THOSE OTHER PUBLIC SYSTEMS. SO IN NEW YORK SPECIFICALLY, WE'VE SEEN A REDUCTION IN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATION STAYS AND AN ANNUAL SAVINGS OF UP TO $8,200 PER PERSON PER YEAR IN PLACES LIKE DENVER AND LOS ANGELES.
WE SAW A LARGE ANNUAL SAVINGS THAT WAS GENERATED AS A RESULT OF REDUCING SHELTER USAGE IN THOSE CITIES BY BRINGING ON PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS.
HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE LOCAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY IN AUSTIN CALLED INTEGRAL CARE, AND THEY'VE REPORTED AND DONE SOME RESEARCH ON UTILIZATION AND UTILIZATION FOR EMERGENCY ROOMS THAT HAVE SHOWED UPWARDS TO $14,000 OF COST SAVINGS PER PERSON PER YEAR COMPARED TO A CONTROLLED SAMPLE OF PEOPLE ON THEIR WAIT LIST.
SO THINKING ABOUT THESE 42 RESIDENCES OVER SIX MONTH TO ONE YEAR PERIOD.
SEEING THAT COST SAVINGS IN ADDITION TO HOW THEY'RE DOING.
UM, HOW THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE DOING MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.
UM, THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THOSE ASPECTS.
SO HERE AT CSA, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT FUNDING SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WE GENUINELY THINK ABOUT AND CONSIDER A SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO COLLABORATING TO MAKE SURE THAT PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENTS CAN PENCIL TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, WE HAVE OPERATING INVESTMENTS, AND WE ALSO HAVE SERVICE INVESTMENTS.
AND WE THINK ABOUT THOSE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.
THESE ARE THOSE FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT OUR BUILDERS AND TRULY BUILDING PROJECTS.
SO THOSE CAPITAL FINANCES AND EXPENSES THAT ARE SUCH AS HARD COSTS AS WELL AS SOFT COSTS, AND THEN THOSE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS SUCH AS VOUCHERS AND WHETHER THAT BE PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS OR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS, REALLY LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE SUSTAINABILITY AND HOW PROJECTS CAN OPERATIONALIZE AND OPERATE, UM, WITH A NET OPERATING RETURN AND THEN ALSO SERVICES.
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SO THINKING ABOUT WHAT SARAH OUTLINED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE CARE TEAM IS REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE FUNDING SOURCES TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE SERVICE TEAMS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT USING, MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN RETAIN AND MAINTAIN THOSE HOUSING SERVICES AND SUPPORT.WE ARE I'VE BEEN INFORMED WE'RE ACTUALLY RUNNING TIGHT ON TIME.
PERFECT. THANK YOU, CHRISTINE.
YOU KNOW, ON THIS DAY, FEELING NOSTALGIC.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE VOTED TO APPROVE THE FUNDING FOR THE PARTNERSHIP.
AND SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY EXCITING TO SEE WHERE WE ARE NOW.
ONE OF THE REASONS THE MAYOR APPOINTED ME A REAPPOINTED ME AS CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE IS HE WANTED ME TO KIND OF BE THE WATCHDOG TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ON POINT AND IN LINE WITH THIS AND KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO MEET THIS GOAL AND POTENTIALLY EXCEED IT.
I WANT TO GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON AT THIS TIME.
AND I KNOW SHE'S, YOU KNOW, GOT A TIGHT SCHEDULE.
THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
IS THAT CORRECT? ON SLIDE SIX.
AND HOW MUCH DID WE SPEND TO GET THOSE COWS? AND CAN YOU CLARIFY HOW MANY ACTUALLY CAME FROM OUR ENCAMPMENTS? SO I DON'T HAVE THE TOTAL DOLLARS IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW.
BUT AGAIN, I CAN GET YOU THOSE NUMBERS FROM THE ENCAMPMENTS.
OVER 200 PEOPLE HAVE COME FROM ENCAMPMENTS.
AND I THINK SARAH WANTS TO CHIME IN ON THAT.
BUT IT'S OVER 200 JUST FOR THE DECOMMISSIONING EFFORT FOR THOSE 12 ENCAMPMENTS THAT WERE CLOSED.
OKAY. SO THE SO WHEN YOU SAID WE'VE SPENT THAT ENTIRE BUCKET, WHAT WAS THAT ENTIRE BUCKET? SO THE TOTAL BUDGET IS 18.
YEAH, IT'S ROUGHLY BUCKETS OF MONEY.
YEAH, IT'S ROUGHLY 18 MILLION FOR THE CASE MANAGEMENT BUCKET.
SO IT IS OBLIGATED TO BE SPENT.
AND THAT'S JUST ON THE CASE MANAGEMENT SIDE.
SO OUR CASE MANAGEMENT DOLLARS ARE BEING PAIRED WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE DOLLARS THROUGH DA.
AND SO THROUGH THAT PARTNERSHIP THEY'RE PROVIDING, ADMINISTERING THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
AND THEN WE ARE PAIRING THAT WITH CASE MANAGEMENT DOLLARS.
THEY ALSO WE ALSO HAD I'VE, SO ABOUT 790 IHVS FROM MULTIPLE HOUSING AUTHORITIES THAT WERE ALSO TARGETED TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS TO CREATE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
AND THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT 2100 NUMBER AS WELL.
SO BACK TO YOU. DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER OF HOW MUCH IT COST TO PUT THESE 2100 FOLKS INTO HOUSING.
ARE WE SAYING THAT IT COST 18 MILLION TO DO THAT? SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 18 MILLION, NO, THAT IS TALKING ABOUT CASE MANAGEMENT.
SO FTES AND ADMIN COSTS AS WELL, ALONG WITH THE COST FOR SERVICES.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE COSTS FOR RENT.
SO I DON'T HAVE THE MATH PER PERSON, BUT WHEN I ORIGINALLY DID IT A LONG TIME AGO, I THINK IT BROKE OUT TO BE SOMETHING LIKE I THINK IT WAS THE LOW 30,000, 32,000 PER PERSON FOR A YEAR, WHICH ACTUALLY THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AT THE TIME WAS AROUND 36,000.
BUT THAT'S TAKING OUT ALL OF THOSE OVERHEADS AND FTE COSTS FOR CASE MANAGEMENT.
AND AGAIN, I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT BREAKDOWN.
IT USED TO BE BRANDED INTO MY BRAIN, TO BE QUITE HONEST.
I THINK SOMEBODY HAS ASKED FOR IT SEVERAL TIMES AND I MEAN THAT IS HOW YOU KIND OF MEASURE SUCCESS IS WHAT IS IT COST PER UNIT? BECAUSE YOU GO ON TO SLIDE TWO AND YOU MAKE THESE STATEMENTS THAT WE'VE DECREASED AND WE'VE REDUCED, BUT THERE'S NO METRICS THAT SHOW IT.
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WHERE ARE THE METRICS THAT ACTUALLY SHOW THAT DECREASE HAS HAPPENED AND THAT I BELIEVE THAT'S ON SLIDE TWO.SO, YES, I MEAN, WE HAVE OUR DASHBOARD THAT SHOWS IN REAL TIME HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'VE HOUSED.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE POINT IN TIME COUNT THAT SHOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'VE HOUSED.
AND THAT IS A GENERAL TRACKING OF THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN OUR SYSTEM.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
BUT PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M GETTING IT TOO.
IT JUST SAYS REDUCED HOMELESSNESS AND VETERANS REDUCED.
GOOD MORNING. KIMBERLY BIZOR, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTIONS.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY DO AS WE BREAK OUT THE NUMBERS, WE CAN THEN GO BACK AND SHOW YOU THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH THE THE DATA FROM THE POINT IN TIME COUNT. THE DASHBOARD WAS DEVELOPED AND DESIGNED TO BE UPDATED AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO WHERE YOU COULD SEE THAT DATA IN REAL TIME.
SO I THINK WHAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO BRING BACK TO THIS BODY IS TO REALLY PULL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER IN KIND OF A ONE KIND OF SUMMARY TO WHERE YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO PULL IT FROM DIFFERENT PIECES. BUT THE DATA DOES EXIST AND WE'RE ACTUALLY USING THAT DATA TO MEASURE OUR PROGRESS AS WE GO THROUGH NOT ONLY THE RAPID REHOUSING SIDE OF IT, BUT OVERALL THE ENTIRE RESPONSE THAT WE'RE HAVING TO HOMELESSNESS WITHIN THE CITY.
SO WE CAN DEFINITELY BRING THAT BACK AND SHOW YOU THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.
BECAUSE IN THAT SAME VEIN, THE POINT IN TIME COUNT IS 4244, AND THERE'S VARYING DEGREES OF VALIDATION IN THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET A GOOD A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION OR UNSHELTERED.
AND IT SAYS THAT THERE IS A 4% OVERALL REDUCTION AND THAT'S OVER HOW MANY YEARS? SO THE POINT IN TIME COUNT IS A ONE NIGHT SNAPSHOT.
IT IS OUR LOWEST COUNT IN FIVE YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING SLIGHT REDUCTIONS OVERALL.
BUT ALL OF THOSE INCREASES ARE OVER THE COURSE OF ONE YEAR.
ALL OF THOSE DECREASES ARE OVER THE COURSE OF ONE YEAR.
BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE POINTING OUT IS IT'D BE HELPFUL FOR YOU ALL TO SEE THE TREND.
YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE WANT THAT COUNT TO BE AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE.
AND WE KNOW WE ARE NEVER GOING TO CAPTURE EVERY SINGLE PERSON EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO THAT DATA IS VALUABLE TO US BECAUSE IF WE USE THE SAME METHOD OF COUNTING EACH YEAR, WE KNOW WE CAN USE IT TO MEASURE TRENDS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND SO THIS YEAR WE SEE OVERALL WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND WE'VE MADE MORE PROGRESS IN THE AREAS WHERE WE'VE HAD BIG INVESTMENT.
OKAY. AND THEN BUT IT ALSO SAYS THAT THERE'S A 14% REDUCTION.
SO WHAT IS THE 4% OVERALL REDUCTION AND THE 14% REDUCTION? SO THE POINT IN TIME COUNT IS THE ONLY MEASURE THAT WE HAVE THAT COUNTS UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND SHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.
SO THE SHELTERED HOMELESSNESS COUNTS ON A SINGLE NIGHT COME FROM OUR SHELTER PROVIDERS.
THE UNSHELTERED COUNT COMES FROM OUR OUTREACH WORKERS AND PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS HITTING THE STREET TO SURVEY PEOPLE BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE WHO'S UNSHELTERED IS CAPTURED IN OUR DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S WHY THE POINT IN DATA IS INFORMATION IS SO IMPORTANT.
IT'S THE ONLY ESTIMATE THAT WE HAVE THAT BOTH CAPTURES UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND SHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, AND WE PUT THAT TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT OVERALL ESTIMATE OF SHELTERED AND UNSHELTERED.
AND SAME THING WHEN YOU TAKE OUT CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS AND JUST LOOK AT THAT SUB POP AGAIN, WHAT IS SO IS THAT 14% REDUCTION OF THE UNSHELTERED UNSHELTERED. YEAH. SO THAT'S UNSHELTERED.
REAL QUICK, I'VE GOT TO JUMP ON ANOTHER CALL.
I MEAN 800, 203 THAT WE'VE MOVED FROM ENCAMPMENTS AND WE KNOW THAT IS WHERE I DON'T THAT IS KIND OF CONCERNING TO ME OF OUR 2151. I MEAN, MAYBE I'M THE ONLY ONE, BUT IF ENCAMPMENTS ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE REALLY I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STRATEGY IS AROUND THERE, BUT ONLY GETTING
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203 AND SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY.I'LL COME BACK AFTER I HAVE THIS PHONE CALL.
I DO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT FOR THE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, WE HAVE A MUCH SMALLER NUMBER OF THOSE.
I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 631 BY LAST COUNT FROM THIS POINT IN TIME COUNT.
SO WHILE WE ARE FOCUSING ON THESE ENCAMPMENTS, BECAUSE THAT TAKES IT DOES TAKE THE FULL COUPLE OF WEEKS TO GAIN PEOPLE'S TRUST AND TO GET THEM HOUSING AND DOCUMENT READY TO WORK WITH THEM, TO GET THEM INTO OR GET THEM APPLIED FOR APARTMENTS AND INTO APARTMENTS.
SO IT DOES NEED A LARGER ENGAGEMENT.
BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE JUST THE FOCUSED IN.
ENCAMPMENTS WHEN WE HAVE GONE IN AND MINDFULLY SAID THESE ARE SOME OF OUR LARGEST ENCAMPMENTS OR SOME OF OUR MOST TROUBLESOME ENCAMPMENTS, WE ARE GOING TO REALLY WORK ON SOLVING THESE.
THAT DOES NOT PRECLUDE ALL OF THE OTHER UNSHELTERED WHO HAVE COME FROM THE REST OF THE SYSTEM.
AND SO I THINK WHAT WE COULD DO IS GET A DATA POINT THAT SHOWS YOU ALL OF THE UNSHELTERED.
YEAH. AND WE WANT TO WE REALLY WANT TO DOUBLE DOWN ON ENCAMPMENT CLOSURES THIS YEAR BY MOVING PEOPLE INTO THE HOUSING THAT WE HAVE COMING ONLINE. I THINK TO DO THAT WILL REQUIRE ADDRESSING OUR GAPS IN OUTREACH BECAUSE IT'S THE DEDICATED OUTREACH CAPACITY THAT ALLOWS US TO RUN MULTIPLE ENCAMPMENTS AT A TIME. RIGHT NOW, WITH THE CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE, WE CAN ONLY RUN ONE KIND OF ONE ENCAMPMENT AT A TIME, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING MULTIPLE TEAMS CLOSING MULTIPLE ENCAMPMENTS AND GETTING PEOPLE IN THE HOUSING QUEUE ALL AT THE SAME TIME SO THAT WE CAN DO MORE QUICKER.
BUT WE HAVE ALREADY BEGAN WORKING AS PART OF OUR BUDGET DELIBERATION PROCESS WITH OUR CITY MANAGER TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE GAPS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THAT DIRECT OUTREACH THAT SARAH AND CHRISTINE ARE BOTH SPEAKING ABOUT.
SO THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
NEXT, WE'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN MENDELSOHN.
I DON'T HAVE ANY. I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
THANK YOU. I SAW YOUR LIGHT ON.
ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ.
I THINK ON THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT DATA, WHEN WE GET OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, I THINK WHAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL IS TO UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRETY AND THEN BREAK IT DOWN BY THE POPULATION TYPES LIKE YOU'RE DOING.
THE OTHER THING EXCUSE ME IS THAT TWO MORE THINGS.
ONE IS WHEN YOU ASK FOR THE 16 NEW OUTREACH WORKERS, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE PLANNING TO ASK FOR IN THE BUDGET? THAT IS CORRECT, YES, MA'AM.
AND WE'VE ALREADY MADE THAT REQUEST AND STARTED THOSE DELIBERATIONS WITH OUR BUDGET TEAM.
FANTASTIC. AND THEN FINALLY, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE FUNDING? I KNOW YOU'RE GOING AFTER A VARIETY OF SOURCES, BUT WITH THIS MASSIVE INFLUX THAT IS GOING AWAY, WHAT IS OUR PLAN FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE OF THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING? WE HAVE PARTNERS, CORRECT? AND SO THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THAT WILL COME FROM.
AND THEN THE REAL TIME NOW THEY CHANGED THE NAME.
RIGHT NOW IT'S REAL TIME, RIGHT? YES, REAL TIME REHOUSING.
WE WANTED FEWER LETTERS IN THE.
I COULD NEVER GET THEM STRAIGHT ANYWAY SO IN THE REAL TIME WHAT IS THE SUSTAINABLE SO PERHAPS IN AUGUST WHERE YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'D BE DOING A BRIEFING ON PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, PERHAPS WHAT WE COULD DO IN AUGUST IS ADD A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE DATA POINTS AND FUNDING FOR THE WHOLE
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PROGRAM, NOT JUST PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
RIGHT. AND JUST TO ALSO CLARIFY THAT NEW MONEY THAT'S COMING IN IS ANNUAL SUSTAINABLE FUNDING.
AND THOSE NEW SLOTS WILL CONTINUE TO GET FUNDED OVER TIME, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.
AND SO INCREMENTALLY, I THINK WE WILL BE WORKING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TO BRING IN MORE RAPID REHOUSING PROJECTS THROUGH THAT ANNUAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT BY THE TIME WE EXPEND THE DALLAS REAL TIME RESOURCES, WE MADE A GOOD DENT IN CONVERTING A GOOD PORTION OF THOSE ONE TIME FUNDS INTO SUSTAINABLE DOLLARS OVER TIME.
THANK YOU. AND THEN WHEN YOU DO THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WILL YOU ALSO BE ADDRESSING THE ISSUES? I KNOW IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP THE CONCEPTS OF MASTER LEASES AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.
YOU SHOULD SEE IT ON THE JUNE 28TH AGENDA.
THANK YOU, MR. VICE CHAIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND THANK EVERYONE AGAIN FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO AND YOUR COMMITMENT WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING SERVICES AND QUALITY OF LIFE AND ADDRESSING QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND WHILE I THINK IT'S TRUE THAT DALLAS IS LEADING AT TIMES, WE TRULY AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE YET I'M CONTINUING TO SEE MORE CHRONICALLY UNSHELTERED PEOPLE IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, AND NOW I'M STARTING TO SEE THAT ENCROACH INTO OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF THE CBD.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE ARE GETTING MORE FUNDING, THERE'S VARIOUS NEW PARTNERSHIPS ARE POINTING COUNT IS DOWN, WHICH I DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND THAT WITHIN ITSELF, THE HOURS THAT WE DO THAT, I THINK IT'S WAY TOO EARLY STARTING WHEN I SAY IT WAS AROUND 7 OR 9IN THOSE.
SO WE EVEN THOUGH I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT NUMBER DOWN, I DON'T SEE IT CORRELATION WITH WHAT I'M SEEING AND WHAT OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE SEEING AND HOW THEY'RE REPORTING THAT TO US.
AND SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ON PAGE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS SWAGIT. WHEN IT'S TALKING ABOUT OUR BENCHMARKS AND HOW WE ARE ACTUALLY GRADING THAT, HOW ARE WE MEASURING AT PAGE FOUR FOR VETERAN HOMELESSNESS? YES. SO WE ARE ALIGNING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S BENCHMARKS AND THE CORE BENCHMARKS THAT THEY USE TO MEASURE AN EFFECTIVE END ARE BEING ABLE TO REDUCE THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT IT'S TAKING TO MOVE SOMEONE INTO HOUSING TO 90 DAYS OR LESS.
THE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, THOUGH, BENCHMARKS IS REALLY DEMONSTRATING THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HOUSE VETERANS THAT ARE SEEKING HOUSING AND COMING INTO THE HOMELESS SYSTEM ON ANY GIVEN MONTH, MEANING THE EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN THE INFLOW AND THE OUTFLOW.
AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR HOMELESS SERVICES CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAMS AND OUR VA PARTNERS WHO ARE PROVIDING THOSE HOUSING RESOURCES IN LARGE PART. I'M REALLY INTRIGUED AND I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OF TRYING TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH THEIR FAMILIES DURING THAT PERIOD BEFORE WE GET THEM TO SUPPORT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
HOW DO WE MATCH UP PEOPLE WITH THEIR FAMILIES? HOW DO WE CONNECT THOSE FOLKS? BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S A BETTER OPTION THAN PUTTING THEM IN A SHELTER WHERE THEY CAN POTENTIALLY FALL OUT OR DECIDE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SUPPORTIVE
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HOUSING. YEAH, I MEAN, AS I SAID, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM OUR FAMILY HOMELESS SYSTEM ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO DESIGN THIS APPROACH AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE ACROSS ALL OF OUR ACCESS POINTS. BUT WHAT IT HAS LOOKED LIKE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE IMPLEMENTING THIS STRATEGY IS IT'S REALLY BRINGING CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND HOUSING RESOURCES TO THE VERY FRONT DOOR OF YOUR SYSTEM.SO WHEN SOMEONE'S KNOCKING ON THE FRONT DOOR AND NEEDING SHELTER AND NEEDING TO ACCESS HOMELESS SERVICES, WE CAN IMMEDIATELY START WORKING WITH THEM, FIGURING OUT DRAWING ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL STRENGTHS AND CAPACITIES AND NATURAL SUPPORTS TO FIGURE OUT IS THERE ANOTHER OPTION FOR YOU? CAN WE EXPLORE ANY OTHER AVENUE THAT PROVIDES YOU WITH A SAFE ALTERNATIVE HOUSING OPTION SO YOU CAN AVOID HAVING TO COME INTO SHELTER? AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE PEOPLE COMING INTO SHELTER WERE FREEING UP THOSE BEDS FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM THE MOST, WHO ARE WHO REALLY ARE GOING TO NEED A HOUSING RESPONSE FROM OUR SYSTEM AND NEED SHELTER, PEOPLE THAT ARE MORE HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE MORE RESILIENT AND HAVE THOSE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS, WE CAN WORK WITH THEM. AND SOMETIMES THAT INCLUDES MEDIATING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS OR NEGOTIATING WITH LANDLORDS OR PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOMETHING THAT MIGHT ALLOW SOMEONE TO OBTAIN AN ALTERNATIVE OPTION THAT MAYBE THEY HADN'T THOUGHT OF.
AND SO WE'LL BE KIND OF SETTING UP A SYSTEM TO, AGAIN, MEASURE THE OUTCOMES OF THAT INTERVENTION.
BUT AGAIN, WITH OUR FAMILY HOMELESS SYSTEM, THEY'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN FAMILY GATEWAY HAD REPORTED ON THEIR OUTCOMES, THEY SAW THAT 80% OF THE FAMILIES THAT THEY WERE DIVERTING WERE NOT COMING BACK INTO THE SYSTEM, AND THAT INTERVENTION WAS RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE COMPARED TO A SHELTER.
STAY AS WELL. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I DO WANT TO KNOW HOW WE MEASURE THAT ALSO, WHEN PEOPLE ARE BEING PLACED INTO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, HOW DO WE HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT THEY ARE YOU KNOW, OUR SUCCESS RATE IS PRETTY HIGH.
IT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.
BUT HOW HOW ARE THOSE WHO'S MEASURING THAT OR IS THAT YOUR TEAM GOING OUT? IS IT A CONTRACTED TEAM? WHO'S DOING THAT? SO WE WORK WITH HOUSING FORD AND OUR LARGER SYSTEM HOUSING.
HOUSING COURT IS THE LEAD AGENCY, BUT IT COMES THROUGH ALL OF OUR PROVIDERS.
AND SO IT ALL ROLLS BACK UP TO US AS THE LEADS.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE COLOR ON THAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT? YEAH, NO, I MEAN, THE PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT INTO OUR CITY CONTRACT ARE THE SAME PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT WE REPORT ON NATIONALLY.
WE HAVE PUBLICLY PUBLISHED SYSTEM PERFORMANCE METRICS.
THERE'S EIGHT METRICS THAT WE REPORT UP TO HUD, WHICH ARE ARE SIMILAR METRICS.
LOOKING AT HOW LONG IS IT TAKING US TO HOUSE PEOPLE? WHEN WE HOUSE PEOPLE, DO THEY COME BACK INTO THE HOMELESS SYSTEM AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE EXITING INTO HOUSING? SO SIMILAR METRICS AND COUNCIL MEMBER IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID AND THIS WAS PROBABLY 4 OR 5 YEARS MAYBE BEFORE I KNOW BEFORE CHRISTINE SHOWED UP, IS THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO HAVE THAT CENTRALIZED WAY OF BEING ABLE TO TRACK.
IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SLICE AND DICE THE DATA, AND WE CAN DEFINITELY SAY THAT IT'S HELPED US BE A LOT MORE STRATEGIC IN HOW WE GO ABOUT THAN OUR FUNDING, BECAUSE ALL OF US ARE PULLING FROM THE SAME DATA POINTS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, BUT WE DID WORK ON THAT 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO TO MAKE THAT ROBUST.
CAN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF A SHELTER STAY AND THE COST PER DAY FOR SHELTER STAYS? YES. I DON'T HAVE THAT.
I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME.
THAT NUMBER IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHETHER YOU'RE SHELTERING FOR.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AN EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR THE BRIDGE? WHY DON'T WE COUNCIL MEMBER, IF WE MAY? I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND FUNDING AND SLICING AND POPULATION.
IF WE COULD BRING BACK THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL FOR YOU AND THAT AUDIENCE.
AND WHAT I ADD TO THAT IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SEE IS OUR PARTNERS COST, WHETHER IT BE DI IN THEIR CLEAN TEAM BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT HERE BEHIND CITY HALL ON A DAILY BASIS.
[01:10:04]
A TRUE NUMBER OF WHAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE.THANK YOU. AND WHY I SAID I APPRECIATE WHEN I BELIEVE THAT WHEN OUR OFFICE COMES OVER AN ENCAMPMENT OR THAT COMES IN THROUGH A CONSTITUENT, YOU GUYS JUMP ON THOSE AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING WHAT YOU NEED TO.
BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS MORE OF A PROACTIVE APPROACH FROM THE TEAM AS THEY MONITOR THE AREA.
WE CONTINUE TO SEE FEEDINGS AND ENCAMPMENTS RIGHT OUTSIDE CITY LAB.
THIS IS EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND IN THE EVENINGS, ENCAMPMENTS OUTSIDE CITY, OLD CITY PARK.
AND WE'VE JUST GOT TO DO MORE AND I HEAR MORE EFFORT, MORE FUNDING.
BUT YET I'M SEEING MORE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNHOUSED, UNSHELTERED DOWNTOWN.
AND SO LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SARAH HIGHLIGHTED IS THE SEE, OUR LARGER CONTINUUM OF CARE IS ORIENTING TEAMS BY QUADRANT ACROSS THE ENTIRE CSC.
BUT OF COURSE, 51% OF THAT IS DALLAS, 51% OF DALLAS COUNTIES DALLAS.
AND SO THERE WILL BE SYSTEM WIDE HOUSING AND HOUSING READINESS TEAMS ON TOP OF OUR OWN.
THE WHOLE SYSTEM RECOGNIZES THIS NEED.
THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I DO HAVE ONE PARTICULAR QUESTION.
WOULD CAN YOU GIVE ME AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE TASK FORCE FOR THE SPARC REPORT THAT WAS SET UP AND HOW THEY'RE COMING WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU TALKED ABOUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT FROM A RACIAL EQUITY STANDPOINT, SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, DISCRIMINATION, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT ARE OBSTACLES TO HOUSING AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND OLDER MEN IN PARTICULAR. WHEN I LOOK AT THE DATA AND I KNOW THAT SPARC REPORT MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO, IF YOU CAN GIVE ME AN UPDATE ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING WITH THAT TASK FORCE.
SO WE ACTUALLY WE HAVE A RACIAL EQUITY WORK GROUP WHO IS THE PLANNING TABLE WHERE MULTIPLE PARTNERS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO SET OUT OBJECTIVES RELATED TO HOW WE ARE GOING TO PROMOTE EQUITY ACROSS THE HOMELESS SERVICES SYSTEM THIS YEAR.
SO I CAN PROVIDE MORE FULL INFORMATION NEXT TIME WE COME TO PRESENT.
BUT I THINK REALLY THE CRITICAL MOVES THAT WE'VE MADE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ARE, ONE, MAKING SURE WE ARE EQUIPPED TO BE ABLE TO QUICKLY IDENTIFY DISPARITIES IN HOUSING OUTCOMES.
SO IT'S NOT JUST WHO WE'RE HOUSING, BUT WHO'S COMING INTO THE SYSTEM.
SO WHERE ARE THE PLACES WHERE WE HAVE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT NOT BE ACTUALLY ACCESSING OUR SERVICES? AND THEN THAT INFORMATION WE ARE BRINGING, WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS DISAGGREGATED BY RACE EVERY MONTH DURING OUR WORK GROUP.
SO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, RAPID REHOUSING AND TALKING AS A GROUP ABOUT WHY WE MAY BE SEEING DIFFERENCES IN WHO'S BEING ACCEPTED TO PROGRAMS OR MOVING INTO PROGRAMS SO THAT WE CAN JOINTLY CREATE STRATEGIES AROUND ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES.
AND THAT'S HAPPENING I THINK, IN EACH OF THE DIFFERENT WORKGROUP SPACES.
I THINK THE OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT THING THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED IN THOSE WORKGROUP SETTINGS IS JUST EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT TOOLS TO REALLY SAY BEFORE ANY OF OUR WORK GROUPS RECOMMEND A PROGRAM OR A POLICY CHANGE, WORKING THROUGH AN EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT TO UNDERSTAND WHO IS IMPACTED BY THIS DECISION, YOU KNOW, WHO MAY BE HELPED OR HURT BY THE POLICY OR THE PROGRAM DESIGN THAT WE ARE CREATING, AND THEN CONTINUOUSLY HAVING A FEEDBACK LOOP WITH THE RACIAL EQUITY COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE EQUITY ASSESSMENT SUMMARIES ARE GOING UP TO THE EQUITY COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW.
SO GETTING IN THE RHYTHM OF THAT FEEDBACK CYCLE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE OBJECTIVES OF THE SPARC REPORT, I CAN WORK WITH JOELY AND THE EQUITY COMMITTEE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE ON THOSE MORE BROADLY.
OKAY. AND IF YOU COULD, BY THE END OF THE WEEK, JUST HAVE YOUR HAVE JOE LEE SEND ME JUST A COPY OF THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST WORKGROUP MEETING.
SO I'M UP TO SPEED ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO STAY INVOLVED WITH WORKING WITH THAT IN SOME CAPACITY OR ANOTHER.
[01:15:04]
SO AND I WILL ALSO JUST TO ADD TO THAT, O-H-S HAS OUR BUDGETING FOR EQUITY MEASURES WHICH ARE DEEPLY TIED INTO THE OVERALL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND OUR REPRESENTATION ON THE EQUITY WORKGROUP AS WELL.SO WE'RE EQUALLY DEDICATED TO THIS AS A CITY.
OH YEAH, I KNOW WHAT THE CITY STANDS.
I JUST WANTED TO GET AN UPDATE FROM OUR HOUSING FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT.
THE NEXT THING WE HAVE IS SOME BRIEFING MEMOS.
IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY. HEARING NONE.
VERY GOOD. OH, WE HAVE REPORTS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS WITH THE ITEM F THE REPORTS? ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS? G THROUGH L.
WHY DID I SKIP SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA? OH, I'M SORRY. YOU KNOW, THIS WAS. MAY I APOLOGIZE? OKAY, I APOLOGIZE.
THANK YOU. I'M LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.
I'M LIKE, WHY DO I HAVE IT IN MY PACKET? OKAY, THANK YOU. UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. GOING ONCE. GOING TWICE.
ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS? MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND THAT WE APPROVE THE UPCOMING UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. ALL IN FAVOR? VOTE AYE. AYE.
WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS.
WE NOW HAVE A NEW HOUSING CONFERENCE OF HOUSING POLICY WITH A FOCUS ON ON RACIAL EQUITY TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED AND DISRESPECTED, ETCETERA.
WE HAVE THIS PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITY TO HOUSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN UNHOUSED, THIS PARTNERSHIP THAT HAVE BROUGHT A LOT OF CITIES IN THE COUNTY TO THE TABLE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.
I THANK EACH OF YOU FOR LEANING IN AND FOLLOWING MY LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
I HAVEN'T ALWAYS DONE THE RIGHT THING AND MADE THE RIGHT DECISION, BUT I'VE DONE EVERYTHING WITH THE BEST INTEREST AT HEART OF THIS CITY AND OF THIS COUNCIL. SO IT IS NOW.
IS THAT MY TISSUE? IS THAT THE TISSUE? NOBODY BROUGHT THE WRONG KIND OF TISSUE.
NOW. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR.
FOR YOUR WORK, YOUR DEDICATION, NOT ONLY TO DISTRICT THREE, BUT THE ENTIRE CITY OF DALLAS.
YOUR FINGERPRINTS ARE TRULY ON A LOT OF PATHS MOVING FORWARD AND A LOT OF PROGRAMS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR OPPORTUNITIES AND BEING A MORE INCLUSIVE CITY OF DALLAS THAT REFLECTS WHAT DALLAS TRULY LOOKS LIKE.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAY INVOLVED.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING AS VICE CHAIR WITH YOU DEFINITELY HAVE LEARNED A LOT.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN AS CHAIR WHEN IN YOUR ABSENCE.
I KNOW THAT IT'S TAKEN A LOT EIGHT YEARS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THIS AS A SMALL TOKEN FROM FROM MY OFFICE.
THANK YOU. AND A CERTIFICATE FOR YOUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR DEDICATION.
THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE ABSENCES WERE INTENTIONAL.
I WANTED YOU TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHAIR AND LEAD THE COMMITTEE.
AND YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AND MY JOB AS WELL.
AND AS A FIRST TERM COUNCIL MEMBER, I KNEW IT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE HOPEFULLY THE MAYOR WILL GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO APPOINTING YOU AS CHAIR MOVING FORWARD, HAVING HAD TWO YEARS TO REALLY BE A PART OF THIS, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD.
[01:20:03]
WHEN I WAS HOSPITALIZED, YOU BEING ABLE TO GO AND ATTEND THE THAT EVENT, THAT WAS VERY BIG FOR THE CITY.I SAW YOUR QUOTE THAT WAS IN THE PAPER.
AND SO YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
AND SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M PROUD OF YOU AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
AND I APPRECIATE IT AND APPRECIATE THIS.
NEXT, I JUST I WANT TO JUMP IN AND JUST SAY, YOU KNOW.
I THINK THE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO ADD IS THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVES THAT YOU'VE TOUCHED THROUGH THIS THROUGH OUR PLANNING WORK, THROUGH OUR HOUSING WORK, THROUGH OUR HOMELESSNESS WORK, ALL THE THINGS THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS DONE.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT THEIR FATHER DID.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING OUR ROLE MODEL AND MENTOR FOR ALL THESE YEARS.
COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'D ALSO LIKE TO COMMEND YOUR TREMENDOUS AND TIRELESS EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF OUR HOUSING EFFORTS AND REHOUSING OUR HOMELESS IN DALLAS.
THESE ARE DIFFICULT, INTRACTABLE ISSUES, AND YOU HAVE NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM SEIZING THE DAY AND ADDRESSING THESE CONCERNS WITH APPROPRIATE CITY POLICIES AND DOING IT IN A FASHION THAT WAS CONGENIAL, THAT WAS COLLEGIAL WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE AND WITH STAFF.
AND YOUR TEMPERAMENT IS TO BE COMMENDED IN CARRYING OUT YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES.
THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH YOU AND GET TO KNOW YOU.
AND I KNOW TOMORROW WILL BE A VERY TEARFUL DAY FOR A LOT OF US.
BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR STEPPING RIGHT IN AND GOING RIGHT TO WORK AS A FIRST TERM COUNCILOR.
I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU, I'VE REALLY BEEN IMPRESSED BY YOUR CLASS.
YOU TOOK MY ADVICE AND DIDN'T TAKE THE SUMMER OFF.
AND HOPEFULLY IT MADE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE IT MADE A DIFFERENCE FOR ME.
ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE? OH, MY PARTNER AND PARTNER TO THE RIGHT.
TRYING TO KEEP FROM SNEEZING, BUT I'M SURE MISS PAULA BLACKMON IS ALSO WAVING HER HAND AS WELL.
SO, NO, I WANT TO DEFINITELY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
AND SO WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY.
BUT I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT TOPICS THAT WE MUST CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR AND HOPEFULLY IT BECOMES CONTAGIOUS AND THAT IT BECOMES A COMMITMENT FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE VOTED ON THE EQUITY PLAN.
SO THEY BECOME ADDICTED TO IT TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES BUT ADVOCATE FOR IT AND FIGHT FOR IT IN THE RIGHT FROM THE PROPER PLACE WOULD MEAN FROM THEIR HEART. AND I KNOW YOU'RE COMING FROM THE HEART.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE I WILL TELL FROM TIME TO TIME THAT WHEN YOU ARE SPEAKING TO THE PUBLIC AND ADVOCATING AROUND EQUITY, I CAN TELL IT COMES FROM YOUR HEART AND IT'S NOT A POLITICAL MOVE AND THAT'S A DIFFERENCE.
AND I CONTINUE TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I KNOW YOU WILL CONTINUE TO WORK.
IT'S A LONG HISTORY, SO WE WILL BE CAPITALIZING PROBABLY MORE ON AN OPPORTUNITY TOMORROW.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT WHEREVER WE GO, IN ORDER FOR US, OUR WORK NOT TO BE IN VAIN, I HOPE THAT WE BECOME AT ADDICTS WHEN IT COMES TO CHANGING THE TRAJECTORY OF POLICIES THAT YOU'VE BEEN ADAMANT ABOUT IN THIS CITY.
WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH YOU.
[01:25:02]
I THINK I HAVE REALLY SEEN EVEN YOUR GROWTH SINCE YOU WERE MAYOR PRO TEM.YOU HAVE REALLY STEPPED INTO THAT AND BEEN A LEADER AND THEN ALSO A PARTNER WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. AND IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE YOU AS A NEIGHBOR.
DISTRICT THREE AND FOUR TOUCH.
YOU THINK? IT'S SO APPROPRIATE THAT WE'RE TOGETHER ON HOUSING BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW WE FIRST GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER. TODAY IN THE MORNING NEWS, THERE'S AN ARTICLE ABOUT REBUILDING TOGETHER, AND WE FIRST KNEW EACH OTHER BEFORE I WAS ON COUNCIL WHEN I WAS RUNNING REBUILDING TOGETHER. AND I WOULD COME TO ALL YOUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO GET HOME, REPAIR, LOBBYING YOU FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING THE HOMELESS COMMISSION, AND ADDITIONAL EFFORTS THAT ME AND OTHERS FELT THE CITY NEEDED TO TAKE TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
AND SO THAT WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON THE HOUSING COMMITTEE.
ADDRESSING BOTH OF THOSE THINGS, OF COURSE, JUST SEEMS SO RIGHT.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH ME ON SO MANY THINGS, BOTH BEFORE COUNCIL AND NOW AND WAS HOPING TO SAY MORE OF THIS TOMORROW. BUT THANK YOU AND THANK YOU ALL.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEART, BECAUSE I KNOW THE DECISIONS THAT YOU'VE MADE.
YOU'VE MADE WITH THE BEST INTEREST OF THOSE THAT YOU REPRESENT IN MIND.
I'M NOW YOUR MENTOR ON THE DEATH.
AND SO AS WE TALK PRIVATELY AND I'LL SAY PUBLICLY, I'M AVAILABLE TO GIVE ADVICE, INPUT.
I WON'T PUSH, BUT I'LL BE THERE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WHICH I HAD ALREADY SOUGHT OUT, LET'S JUST SAY YES, YOU DID.
I KNOW FOR ME, COMING INTO THIS SPACE AND THEN HAVING YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE CONSTANT RESOLVE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO THE STAFF AND YOU'VE CHALLENGED US, YOU SET A VISION AND YOU DIDN'T WALK AWAY FROM IT.
AND SO WE'VE ALL HAD TO REALLY ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AS STAFF AND GET THE JOB DONE.
AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
AND I KNOW THAT I CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY MANAGER.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY INTENTIONAL EFFORTS THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO US AS STAFF.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE BECAUSE OF YOUR RESOLVE.
RIGHT? SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
KIM. I SEE YOU COUNCILMAN BLACKMON.
I WAS GOING TO GET YOU NEXT, BUT GO AHEAD.
RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR CITY AND FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. EIGHT YEARS IS A LONG TIME.
I MEAN, I'M STARTING AND IT'S IT'S SOMETIMES PUSHING THAT BOULDER UP A HILL.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS, IS THAT WHEN YOU COME, AS MISS ARNOLD SAID, WITH GOOD INTENTIONS AND A HEART, YOU CAN MAKE CHANGE. AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'LL SEE YOU MORE AND AROUND AGAIN.
I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE YOU UP ON THAT.
I'VE GOT TO GIVE DAVID THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I KNOW I PUSHED HIM REAL HARD.
NO, I APPRECIATE THAT, CHAIRMAN THOMAS.
AND YEAH, THIS THIS LAST TERM HAS BEEN QUITE AN ADVENTURE.
I FEEL LIKE THE DEPARTMENT'S IN A BETTER PLACE.
THE MOMENTUM THAT WE'VE BUILT AROUND SUPPORT FOR HOUSING COULDN'T COME IN A BETTER TIME.
WITH THE DISCUSSIONS ONGOING AROUND THE 2024 BOND, WITH THE GROWTH OF DFW, WITH SUPPORT FOR HOUSING, SO MUCH OF IT'S DUE TO YOUR LEADERSHIP.
[01:30:06]
THANK YOU.AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU.
CHRISTINE, COME ON UP. COME ON UP.
COME ON UP. I WAS ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST ADVOCATES WHEN YOU WERE BEING CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION.
SO YOU WERE THE FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER THAT SHE MET.
I WAS IN. THE FIRST THING YOU SAID WAS, HAVE YOU READ THE SPARK REPORT? AND I SAID, YES, I HAVE.
NO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE AND THE TIRELESS PUSHING.
I MEAN, WE WOULDN'T BE WHERE WE ARE AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE BRIEFING WE JUST HAD AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE WHITE HOUSE ATTENTION IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A COMMITTEE AND A COUNCIL THAT BELIEVED IN IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I REALLY HOPE I KNOW YOU'LL CONTINUE THAT IN WHATEVER IS NEXT FOR YOU.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AROUND AND KEEP PUSHING ON THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND GETTING THE WORK AND BEING WILLING TO LISTEN AND BE PUSHED.
AND BECAUSE I KNOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT WAS WAS DIFFERENT FOR YOU.
AND IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE. BUT BUT YOU'RE ROLLING YOUR SLEEVES UP AND YOU'RE JUMPING RIGHT IN.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE BEN BROWN.
HE'S THE HOUSING CHAIR FOR THE DALLAS NAACP.
SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND THANK EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S HERE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WE'LL CLOSE OUT AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE TO COMMEMORATE THIS GREAT TERM.
SO IT IS NOW 1043 AND THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.