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[2024 Capital Bond ECONOM Meeting on June 20, 2023.]
UH, JUNE 3, 6 0 1.JUST ONE QUICK NOTE, SPEAKERS, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY HERE ONLINE.
JUST JUMP RIGHT INTO THIS, UH, AGENDA.
UM, GOOD EVENING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
SO AHEAD AND START ON SLIDE TWO.
SO JUST A BRIEF PRESENTATION OVERVIEW.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF KIND OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHY WE'RE ASKING, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
UM, OUR OS FOR TRACK STRATEGY, UM, MAJOR PUBLIC INITIATIVES BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, AND JUST A GENERAL NEED.
AND THEN AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF A RECAP ON WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE ARE GOING.
AND THEN WE WILL, UH, LEAVE THAT WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE TOOL WE'RE GONNA DO ON SATURDAY.
SO WE GO TO THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
DOES EVERYBODY HAVE THIS FRONT? JUST GO OVER IT WITH THAT.
UM, SO EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
OUR INITIATIVES ARE GUIDED BY THE O HS PORTRAIT STRATEGY, WHICH SHORTLY AFTER OUR CREATION, UM, THOSE ARE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
EVERYTHING WE DO FUNDING WISE HAS TO BE TIED BACK TO THAT.
UM, AND THAT'S ON A LATER PAGE.
WE'LL BRIEFLY GO OVER, BUT IT'S THERE.
ASK QUESTIONS LATER IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
UM, AND THEN BRIEFLY AFTER THAT, SHORTLY AFTER THAT CITY COUNCIL GAVE A DIRECTED, THEY WANT HOMELESSNESS SERVICES TO BE SHARED BY, UH, THE ENTIRE CITY, KIND OF, UH, SHARED WELL.
UM, AND SO THERE ARE SERVICES THAT IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT, NOT QUITE YET, BUT INTENDED TO BE IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
BUT FOR EVERYBODY WHO HAS IN FRONT OF THEM, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, UM, ESPECIALLY OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
DALLAS COUNTY COUNCIL FORD, WHICH IS THE LEAD AGENCY OF OUR LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE.
UM, WHICH THAT'S A LOT OF ACRONYM ACRONYMS AS YOU SAID.
BUT THE CONTINUUM OF CARE IS HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, CATEGORIZES AREAS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
AND SO OUR LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE, IT'S DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTIES, IT'S LED BY, UH, HOUSING BOARD AND THAT'S HOW WE TALK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND HOW WE GET, UM, CREATED AS A COMMUNITY AND APPLY FOR THINGS.
BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD A LOT OF, UH, LOCAL SUPPORT.
I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAD RECENTLY A SINGLE LARGEST DONATION TO OFFICE OF HOME SOLUTIONS, UM, FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CENTER AND 41 15 INDEPENDENT DRIVE, WHICH IS DISTRICT EIGHT, UM, BY THE COMPANY AT HOME.
THEY COMPLETELY FURNISHED AND DESIGNED THE INTERIOR OF OUR SERVICES BUILDING.
UM, SO WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED.
THAT'S GONNA BE AN ONGOING PARTNERSHIP THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THEM ON, UH, CREATION OF WORK GROUPS TO PROVIDE INPUT ON SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CENTERS.
WE DID THAT FOR 41 15 IN INDEPENDENT DRIVE.
WE'VE DONE IT FOR 1950 FORT WORTH AVENUE.
THERE IS ONE THAT IS, UH, RECONVENING VERY SHORTLY TO PROVIDE A MUCH NEEDED DIRECTION FOR 29 21 SOUTHAMPTON, UM, WHICH IS A LARGE SITE BY KEYS PARK.
UM, AND SO THAT ONE DOESN'T HAVE ANY PLAN YET BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY'S GOING TO DEVELOP IT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE LISTENING SESSIONS THAT YOU SEE HERE.
UH, THOSE ARE SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
WE FOUND 'EM TO BE A REALLY EFFECTIVE WAY OF REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO TOUCH BASE ON WHAT WE DO, UH, WHY WE'RE FUNDED THE WAY WE ARE, WHAT OUR PROGRAMS ARE.
AND EVERY YEAR THERE SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING NEW WE DIDN'T SEE COMING.
SO ONE YEAR IT WAS ABOUT ARPA VERY RESCUE PLAN OUT DOLLARS ONE YEAR.
IT WAS ABOUT, UM, STRATEGY, WHICH YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT LATER BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT SINCE COVID.
UM, AND THEN THIS YEAR WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUST MOVING FORWARD AND THE BOND.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, DONOR VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT.
WE WORK WITH COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS ON OS INITIATIVES.
UM, CMT FUND REALLY HELPS TO SUPPORT OUR SHELTER PROVIDERS.
AND WE ALSO NOW HAVE A, A RESPONSIBLY CAMPAIGN ABOUT STREET FEEDING AND A BRAND NEW VOLUNTEER SERVICES DIVISION THAT WOULD BE, UH, MUCH MORE LOWY SPEAKING ABOUT.
OKAY, WE ARE ON PAGE FIVE, THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
SO THE 20 MILLION FROM THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM PRODUCED 680 NEW SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS ACROSS FIVE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
WE'LL GET INTO, UM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE NOW LATER, BUT
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400 OF THOSE ARE ONLINE.UH, THE PROPOSED 2024 BOND PROGRAM ADDRESSES TWO CRITICAL LEADS, ONE OF WHICH IS OUR FLAGSHIP CITY SHELTER.
THE BRIDGE HOMELESS RECOVERY CENTER, UH, WHICH WAS FUNDED IN THE 2005 BOND PROGRAM.
IT IS, I BELIEVE, 13, 14 YEARS OLD.
UM, SO THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AND OTHERWISE, UM, IN WAYS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT.
AND THEN SEED MONEY TO WRAP UP OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN ON THROUGH THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM.
AND ALSO JUST TO PROVIDE US WITH NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES MOVING FORWARD TO REALLY HELP SPREAD THAT INVESTMENT AND MAKE MAXIMUM, MAXIMUM IMPACT ACROSS PEOPLE'S HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.
SO ON THE SLIDE SIX, I'M JUST GONNA KEEP SAYING WHICH SLIDE WRONG CASE.
IN CASE THE, UH, WEBEX SCREEN CATCHES UP, SLIDE SIX IS OUR OHS FOR TRACK STRATEGY.
SO WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HERE IS IN BOLD.
UM, AND THE REASON THAT THINGS ARE BOLDED HERE IS BECAUSE WE, UM, THIS PAST SUMMER, AS I SAID, DID LISTENING SESSIONS WITH CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
WE DO, UH, LISTENING SESSION WITH THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE AND BRIDGE EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
AND WE DO ONE WITH OUR, UM, HOUSING PROVIDERS FOR THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AS WELL.
UM, AND SO THIS ONE, THE THINGS IN BOULDER, WHAT CHANGED? SO WE'VE HAD THIS SINCE 2017 AND WE WENT AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LIVED THROUGH A PANDEMIC, A MINI PANDEMIC, TWO RECESSIONS, SOMETHING'S WORKING.
UM, WE'VE FLIPPED THROUGH A LOT, SO WHY DON'T WE UPDATE YOU TO REFLECT WHERE WE'RE GOING
AND SO YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF CHANGES HERE THAT IF YOU WERE TO COMPARE OF THE ORIGINAL SLIDES, YOU WOULD SEE THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS NOT JUST AN EXAMPLE.
TRACK FOUR USED TO BE THE 2017 BOND.
AND THAT'S ALL A FOCUS ON WHAT WE'VE SPENT THAT.
AND SO NOW WE'RE SAYING THIS IS JUST FOR INVESTMENTS FOR FACILITIES THAT ARE GONNA COMBAT HOMELESSNESS.
THAT IS A MUCH LONGER LIFESPAN.
UM, AND IF THE WEATHER SHELTERS HAVE REALLY EVOLVED SINCE 2017, WE DIDN'T REALLY PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THAT SPACE.
SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH WHO WE ARE NOW, LANGUAGE, UM, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO LONGEVITY OF OS AND TO PROGRAMS LIKE THIS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, MAJOR INITIATIVES, UH, BY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
SO SLIDE SEVEN AND EIGHT, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE REALLY ARE, UH, VERY CLOSE TO CLOSING THE GAP ON HAVING SOMETHING IN EVERY SINGLE COUNT.
COUNCIL DISTRICT, I WILL SAY THAT WE FOR A BRIEF SHINING MOMENT, HAD SOMETHING DISTRICT EIGHT AND DISTRICT MOVED
BUT UM, I HAVE A GOOD AUTHORITY THAT MAYOR
UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THIS IS A MIXTURE OF REHOUSING, PERMITS, COURT OF HOUSING.
THERE ARE SOME EMERGENCY, UH, SHELTER AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, BUT WE REALLY KIND OF MOVED THE FOCUS TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO WHEN THEY'RE OUT OF SHELTER BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN SHELTER AND NOT ROOM SHELTER.
AND SO MOVING TO A HOUSING FOCUS ALLOWS US TO TAKE PEOPLE OUT OF THAT SHELTER, PUT THEM INTO HOUSING, AND THEN THAT REVOLVING DOOR THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING WITH PEOPLE GOING INTO SHELTER WHEN THEY NEED IT AND THEN COMING BACK OUT AND KIND OF GET UNSTOP.
AND SO WE'LL GO TO SLIDE NINE.
UH, SO THE 2017 ON PROGRAM
AND IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT BECAUSE WE ARE VERY EXACT WITH OUR FUNDS.
SO THERE'S STILL A LITTLE IN THAT.
UM, THAT IS REALLY JUST CONTINGENCY FUNDS FOR SOME ONGOING PROJECTS.
IT'S I THINK 150,000, MAYBE EVEN LESS THAN THAT, LESS THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
UM, AND SO WHAT THAT HAS NET OUT, SO 680 BEDS, THESE WERE ALL ADAPTED REUSE.
SO NONE OF THESE WERE, UM, COMPLETELY BILLING A PROPERTY FROM THE GROUND UP.
UH, FOUR OF THE FIVE PROPERTIES ARE OWNED BY THE CITY AND UH, THAT'S, LET'S SEE, 41 50 INDEPENDENCE DRIVE, 29 29 SOUTH HAMPTON.
THERE'S ONE IN NORTH DALLAS THAT'S FROM THE FAMILY GATEWAY THAT WE DO NOT SEE THE ADDRESS OF BECAUSE IT'S FAMILY'S CHILDREN.
AND THEN WE UM, ALSO 1950 FORT WORTH AVENUE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE SAME TUBE AT PARK CENTRAL THAT WE'LL BE GOING TO ON SATURDAY THAT WE CONTRIBUTED MONEY TO.
UH, TWO OF THE FIVE PROPERTIES LOCATED INTERSTATE 30.
AND AS I SAID, 400 OF THE 680 BED
AND THEN AT 1950 FORT WORTH AVENUE IS OVER IN DISTRICT ONE.
AND THEN, UH, THE RENOVATION CONTRACT FOR THAT JUST GOT, SO THAT'LL BE BREAK GROUND AND FINISHING RENOVATION SOON.
I KNOW I'M JUST SPEAKING THROUGH THESE.
I JUST, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE LOT OF GROUND
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TO COVER.WE HAVE A LOT OF SLIDES, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GO, OKAY.
SO WE NEED FOR HOUSING FOR THE OPTIONAL ALTERED RESIDENCE DOESN'T JUST VERY BROAD VIEW, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LATEST POINT IN TIME COUNT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR, IT'S A KIND OF A CENSUS OF THOSE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED.
IT'S IN JANUARY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE, IT'S LATE AT NIGHT.
SOME PEOPLE SAY IT SHOULD BE LATER AT NIGHT.
SOME PEOPLE SAY IT SHOULD BE EARLIER.
UM, BUT EITHER WAY, IF YOU'RE SEEING SOMEONE OUTSIDE, YOU VERY MUCH DO NOT HAVE SOME PLACE TO GO.
NO ONE IS JUST OUT THERE CAUSE THEY THINK IT'S A FUN NIGHT TO GO CAMPING.
UM, AND THAT'S THE SAME ACROSS THE ENTIRE US.
I HAVE VERY FULL NIGHT, I'M SAYING THAT CAUSE I'VE DONE A LOT AT THIS POINT IN TIME COUNTS AND IT'S ABOUT 2:00 AM AND IT'S 20 DEGREES.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S A VERY, VERY STARK UH, CONTRAST.
UM, BUT SO HOMELESSNESS IN 2023, WHEN WE DID THAT ON JANUARY 26TH, I BELIEVE THERE WERE 4,244 PEOPLE WERE OF SHELTER.
UM, THE PREVIOUS YEAR IT WAS ABOUT 4,600.
SO THAT SEEMS LIKE A SMALL DECREASE AND IN FACT IT'S 4% DECREASE OVERALL.
BUT IT IS THE UH, FEWEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE HAVE HAD WERE UN SHELTER IN FIVE YEARS.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CHIPPING AWAY AT THE BIG BLOCK.
WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE SUSTAINED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
UM, IF THERE WERE ACTUALLY A MASSIVE DROP IN HOMELESSNESS, WE'D PROBABLY BE CHECKING OUR NUMBERS TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG.
CAUSE IT SUSTAINED DECREASES MORE OF WHAT WE EXPECT.
BUT WHEN YOU BREAK INTO THAT 4%, YOU REALLY SEE WHERE THE MEASURE STARTS TO HAPPEN.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT 14% DECREASE IN UN SHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, WHICH MEANS, AND THEN OF THAT 14, WE'RE ALSO SEEING A 32% DECLINE IN CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'VE BEEN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THE ENCAMPMENTS, HOUSING PEOPLE FROM ENCAMPMENTS, FROM AREAS WHERE THEY'RE NOT SHELTERED, GETTING PEOPLE PATCHED IN THE HOUSING.
SO 2000, OVER 2000 PEOPLE HOUSED IN A YEAR AND A HALF.
AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GONNA TARGET THEM FOR HARDEST TO HOUSE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN OUTSIDE THE LONGEST.
THEY NEED THE MOST HELP, THEY NEED THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WHEN YOU'RE DEVELOPING, THAT'S GOING TO WRAP SERVICES DOWN AND I'LL PUT THEM IN HOUSING, GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO STAY HOUSED AND HOUSE FOREVER, NOT JUST TWO YEARS IN YOUR BACK.
UM, AND SO BECAUSE WE TARGETED THAT, WE GOT FEDERAL RECOGNITION FOR TACKLING THE HIGHEST BARRIER FOR THIS FIRST, WE NOW HAVE A WHITE HOUSE PILOT.
WE ARE PART OF THE SYSTEM WITH THE COC HAS 22.8 MILLION IN FUNDING.
SO WHICH GOT SPLIT UP, BUT IT'S PREOR FACILITIES DOING THIS GOOD WORK.
UH, AND THAT GUARANTEES THAT WE WILL BE GETTING THAT FUNDING.
HU DOES HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HAS SAID THAT WE'RE GONNA KEEP GETTING THAT FUNDING, WHICH MEANS A 20% INCREASE IN ANNUAL FUNDING FOR OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM.
AND SO BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING, WE SEE THIS MASSIVE DROP IN CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THAT 2000 PEOPLE HOUSED EVERY YEAR NOW.
UM, AND SO I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ALL OF THAT AND I WAS LOOKING WHAT'S DOWN HERE BELOW THAT LARGER BLOCK YOU SEE THE DALLAS REALTIME REHOUSING INITIATIVE REAL STANDS FOR, I'M GONNA MESS THIS UP.
RESPONSIBLE EQUITABLE, ACCOUNTABLE LEGITIMATE.
AND NOW WE HAVE AN E EQUITABLE.
SO THOSE ARE THE, UH, THE FIVE TENANTS OF THE CITY MANAGER, 50
AND SO, UH, THE DALLAS REALTIME REHOUSING WAS GOING TO HOUSE, IS GOING TO HOUSE 2,700 PEOPLE BY SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
WERE ON TRACK TO HIT THAT NUMBER.
AND NOW OUR RENEWABLE WITH ALL OF THE FUN THINGS I JUST MENTIONED IS TO HOUSE 6,000 BY THE END OF 2025.
AND THAT'S 6,000 INCLUDING TWO, THE 2,700.
AND THE NICE THING ABOUT THAT IS I SAID WE ONLY HAVE 4,200 PEOPLE WHO WERE ON SHELTER.
SO THAT MEANS WE ARE LEAVING TO SPACE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UN STATELY HOUSED.
CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PERFECT ECONOMY.
ALL WE CAN DO IS CONTROL WHO COMES INTO THE SYSTEM.
BUT WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR IS A NET ZERO.
AND SO WHEN WE SAY YOU WANNA END HOMELESSNESS, YOU WANNA MAKE IT RARE PROOFING, NON REFERRING IS WHAT WE SAY.
UM, YOU'RE NOT SAYING THAT PEOPLE ARE NEVER GOING TO BE HOMELESS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN'T CONTROL.
BUT WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL BUT YOU STRIVE FOR IS TO HAVE A GREATER OUTFLOW THAT YOU HAVE AN INFLOW.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT IN ANY GIVEN MONTH WE CAN HOUSE ANYONE WHO COMES INTO THE SYSTEM.
WE NOW HAVE A NET ZERO HOMELESSNESS.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE ALL STRIVE.
SO I MENTIONED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING A LOT, BUT MENTIONING IT A LOT IN A NATIONAL BEST PRACTICE.
UM, WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK.
I SAID A LOT IS TRUE, UM, WITH HOUSING BOARD AND WITH OUR SYSTEM.
AND IT'S GAINED US, UH, ACROSS THE DALLAS RAILTON RAPID REHOUSING INITIATIVE, 758 PERMANENT SUPPORTED HOUSING SLOTS.
AND THROUGH OUR NEW WORK WE HAVE 480 ADDITIONAL SLOTS.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE,
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UM, US DOING MORE IS RAMPING UP A LOT OF OUR ENCAMPMENT COMMISSIONINGS WHERE WE GO OUT AND HOUSING ENCAMPMENTS.UH, A LOT OF THE PIPELINES TO HOUSING ARE GONNA, UM, REALLY, UH, INCREASE AND CAN THERE SPEED BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING MORE CASEWORKERS TO FILL THOSE NEW 480 SLOTS BECAUSE WE HAVE FILLED 7 58.
THESE ARE LIFETIME SUBSIDIES FOR THOSE WHO ARE CHRONIC FROM HOMELESS.
UM, LOCAL EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO CURRENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS TAKING THOSE VOUCHERS AND YOU PUT THEM INTO UNITS THAT THEY'RE ATTACHED TO THE TENANTS, NOT THE UNITS.
UH, BUT THAT'S HOW YOU CATCH THE PROPERTY.
AND IT MEANS THAT NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE A PLACE FOR LIFE PEOPLE, SOME PASSION SERVICES OF THE PROPERTY AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES MEAN YOU HAVE STAFF ON SITE 24 7 CONNECTION TO OFFSITE BY REFERRAL AS THEY'RE NEEDED.
UH, A LOT OF THESE PLACES WILL HAVE A CLINIC THAT'S THERE ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK.
IT GREATLY REDUCES 9 1 1 CALLS FOR FOLKS WHO ARE USED TO USING 9 1 1 AS THEIR DOCTOR.
UM, AND IT COULD BE, UH, IT'S AN EXTREMELY SU SUCCESSFUL ROLE STANDARD.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO DO.
ON SATURDAY, YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN ST.
JUDE, UH, CENTER PARK CENTRAL DISTRICT 11, AND THAT'S ONE THAT WE CONTRIBUTED THREE POINT MILLION TWO AS THE CITY, UM, TO CLOSE THE GAP ON RENOVATIONS.
AND THAT WAS COUNTY MONEY PLUS THE CATHOLIC HOUSING INITIATIVE MONEY, THEN 200 PERMANENT SUPPORT COUNCILS FOR EQUAL 18 AND UP.
JUDE CENTER FOREST LANE, ANOTHER FACILITY THAT'S PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FROM SENIORS, WHICH IS 55 AND UP.
SO STATUS OF THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM, PROP J I SAID WE HAD, UH, 99.9% SPENT AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR UN OPERAT IS ACTUALLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
UH, SO YOU SEE HERE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD TO THE PROPERTIES THAT WE, UH, AND THE PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO RENOVATE.
AND SO OF THE 680 BEDS, UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT FILLED.
UM, AND ONE THAT IS, WE ESTIMATE NEW BEDS ON SOUTH HAMPTON, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE THAT'S EVEN GONNA LOOK LIKE ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS COULD BE BEDS, THE OTHER COULD BE SERVICES.
AND OF COURSE THAT'LL ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT'S RESIDENTIAL
BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE GOT ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND UN AUTOMATED AND WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO, WHICH LEADS US TO SLIDE 13 AND WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
SO ALBERT COUNCIL, OUR PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO CONSULTATION WITH THE BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AN AREA PARTNERS IN THE CITY.
UM, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA PRETEND THAT WE ARE, UH, THE HOUSING EXPERTS IN OS IT'S, IT'S NOT EVEN IN OUR TITLE.
WE'RE NEXT DOOR TO THE EXPERTS, UH, WITH HOUSING AND ECO DECK.
UM, SO WE PARTNERED WITH THE EXPERTS IN BUILDING SERVICES TO HELP US MENTALITY OF WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO THE WORK NEEDED.
UM, WE ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE REASON THAT WE ARE DOING ANY OF THIS AND ASKING MORE PLANNING FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE OUTSIDE.
UM, OVER SIX, ALMOST 60% OF THOSE WHO ARE OUTSIDE IDENTIFY AS UH, AFRICAN AMERICAN WHEN ACTUALLY, UH, WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE AVERAGE IS ACTUALLY OLDER MALE, SINGLE AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN.
AND THAT'S EXTREMELY SKEWED, UH, BASED ON THE FACT THAT LAST TIME I CHECKED, I THINK THE ACTUAL POPULATION IN DALLAS, THAT THAT REPRESENTS AT ABOUT 29%.
AND SO LOOKING AT ALL OF THE FACTORS OF WHY THAT IS, WE HAVE TO SAY THAT WE NEED THE COURSE CORRECT ON THIS.
AND SO WE ARE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO, UH, RACIAL EQUITY AS PART OF THE REALTIME REHOUSING INITIATIVE AS IS HOUSING, HOUSING AND IZATION AS ECO DEV.
AND SO WE REALLY TRULY WANT TO HELP EQUALIZE THAT ISSUE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BUILDING THE HOUSING PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESSNESS.
UM, AND THEN THAT ALSO COMBINES WITH THE FOUR TRACK STRATEGY FOR O HS, WHICH IS TO MAKE HOMELESSNESS RARE, BRIEF AND NONCURRENT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE PASSING.
SO THE FIRST THING WE'RE ASKING FOR IS INVESTMENT IN THE BRIDGE HOMELESSNESS RECOVERY CENTER.
AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS THE FLAGSHIP DALLAS PROPERTY.
UM, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A HAVEN FOR MODEL AND THEN IT DOES EVERYTHING.
UM, IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, THEY'RE A GREAT STEWARD OF THE LAND AND THEY'RE IN A 15 YEAR OLD BUILDING MAKING DO.
AND SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CAMPUS CANNOT ONLY, ONLY, UM, LIVE A NICE BOND, LIVE STREAM AND SERVE THE GUESTS RESPONSIBLY AND EQUITABLY.
UM, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO EXPAND THE INTERNAL SPACE.
SO THE FOOTPRINT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
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TO SERVE 220 OVERNIGHT.UM, AND THE BRIDGE HAS, UH, THE BRIDGE HAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN ANOTHER TWO 20 FOR THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
ANOTHER NEXT SLIDE, ANOTHER 120.
UH, THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF FLEX SPACE.
SO PLACES THAT MIGHT BE USED AS A CAFETERIA DURING THE DAY OR JUST A PLACE TO HANG OUT DURING THE DAY ARE NOW CHANGED INTO BED SPACE AND SERVE ADDITIONAL TEMPLE.
UM, BUT THE COURTYARD IS GONNA BE COVERED AND SO THE COURTYARD REALLY, UH, IN THIS PLAN WILL BE COVERED SO THAT IT CAN BE USED UH, DURING ALL STAGES OF WEATHER.
UM, IT'S ALSO JUST BETTER IN TERMS OF WEATHERIZATION.
THAT COVERAGE WILL ALSO PROVIDE 10 ADDITIONAL OFFICES AND WILL ALLOW PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY THERE AT LEAST ANOTHER A HUNDRED PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY THERE DURING DAY TO REMAIN THERE AT NIGHT.
SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING THE FOOTPRINT, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DRAWING MORE PEOPLE TO THE BRIDGE.
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS HUMAN ONLY TAKING CARE OF THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY THERE.
AND IF WE GO ON TO THE SECOND PRIORITY FOR THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THIS JUST BREAKS DOWN, WELL I GUESS THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE
THIS JUST BREAKS DOWN A LITTLE BIT OF THE COST OF
OKAY, SO OUR SECOND PRIORITY, I THINK I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST TALKED AND I WAS INTRODUCED TO YOU GUYS, I SAID THAT OURS WAS GOING TO BE THE SMALLEST ASK AND THE EASIEST TO REMEMBER AND I WASN'T TWO FS.
ONE OF EM IS THE BRIDGE AND THE UH, AND THE RENOVATION OF IT.
AND THE OTHER IS OUR, UM, FUTURE PARTNERSHIPS AND FUNDING.
NOW WHAT THIS USED TO LOOK LIKE THE FIRST TIME I THINK WE TALKED THIS HAD A BREAKOUT FOR A SPECIFIC PROPERTY AT 29 29 SOMETHING.
THE REASON THAT IT DOES NOT AT THIS POINT IS WE HAVE, UH, HEARD A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN, WE DON'T REALLY WANNA TALK ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
SOME OF THAT'S JUST NOT READY YET.
WHAT WE DO WANNA TALK ABOUT IS HAVING A LARGER FUNDING AMOUNT THAT WE CAN JUDICIOUSLY PUT INTO SMALLER PROJECTS OR OTHER PEOPLE'S PROJECTS TO SPREAD IT A LOT HARDER.
SO REMEMBER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT LEAVING 3.3 MILLION TO CLOSE THE RENOVATION GAP AT STS, SHE PARK CENTRAL AND THAT 3.3 MILLION PLUS EVERYTHING ELSE THE FINANCIAL UH, SPREAD AND AT 200, 200 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS.
WELL WE'RE LOOKING AT 30,000 AND WE'RE SAYING OKAY, IT'S $82,000 PER UNIT.
WE KNOW THE DESIGN COST IS 18%.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT MID TO HIGH THREE HUNDREDS IN TERMS OF UNITS.
WE'RE DOING ADAPTIVE REUSE OURSELVES AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S ANONYMOUS EFFICIENT USE OF FUNDING ANYMORE.
IT MADE SENSE DURING THE PANDEMIC LAND PROPERTIES WERE SELLING AT A VERY LOW RATE CAUSE THEY HAD NEXT TO A HUNDRED PERCENT VACANCY.
BUT THESE DAYS THAT'S JUST NOT AS COST EFFECTIVE.
SO WHAT WE CAN DO IN A MORE COST EFFECTIVE WAY IS USE THIS MONEY TO HELP WITH OTHER PROJECTS.
AND SOME OF THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE WORKING WITH A HOUSING PROJECT THAT HAS SOME EXCUSED UNITS THAT ARE 50% OF I.
AND IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE WORKING WITH A PROJECT LIKE ST.
JUDE MEET SOME RENOVATION MONEY TO FILL A GAP.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS, WELL IF WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO PLAY BALL WITH EVERYBODY ELSE, UM, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD SEED AMOUNT TO BE WORKING WITH INVESTMENTS.
AND SO NOW WE'RE JUST GONNA DO A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF A ON SATURDAY NEXT SLIDE.
SO WITH LIKE SAID IN JUNE CENTRAL, THIS IS ONE THAT WE PUT 30,000 MILLION AND TWO AT 18 AND UP IS BECAUSE SINGLE ADULTS ARE DEFINED AS 18 AND UP FOR US.
UM, AND THEN IF WE TALK ABOUT YOUTH HERE, YOUTH 18, UM, AND THEN SENIORS 55 AND UP.
SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME CATEGORIES THAT WE BRING THESE INTO.
THEN IF WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE, THIS BRIDGE, AND AGAIN, THIS IS OUR FLAGSHIP SINGLE ADULT SHELTER.
IT'S ALSO THE ONLY ONE IN THE CITY THAT HAS A COUNT, UM, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT EVERY LOVES.
IT IS A GREAT THERAPEUTIC ADDITION.
SO WAIT FOR THAT NEXT ONE PARTY, ONE 50 INDEPENDENT DRIVE.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE JUST HAD THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE UH, INTERIOR SERVICES BUILDING.
AND THE SINGLE LARGEST DONATION DESIGN, THAT FACILITY.
I WILL SAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE, UH, VENDOR FOR RENOVATIONS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS ANNOUNCED YET.
THERE'S TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO CITY
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COUNCIL.SO WE CAN'T LEGALLY, WE TALK ABOUT WHO'S GONNA DO WHAT YET.
BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO US TO GET THIS TO BE AN ACTIVE PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE, UH, USE THE REMAINDER OF OUR BOND FUNDS TO WORK WITH THE BOND OFFICE TO RENOVATE THIS, UH, INTERNALLY.
SO WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT THIS PARTY'S BEAUTIFUL.
WE'LL DRIVE BY, WE WALK AROUND, UM, AND JUST PRESENTING SHOW FOR THE REST OF THAT.
AND AND THIS ONE IS 1954 WORTH AVENUE.
YOU MIGHT KNOW IT IS THE FORM
UM, THIS IS COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE AND THE CITY COUNCIL JUST THE RENOVATION CONTRACT FOR IN LATE APRIL.
SO THAT IS BEING, UH, WRAPPED UP NOW SO THAT THE CONTRACT, SO THE RENOVATIONS CAN START AND THEN THE OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT CON RFP WILL COME SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.
AND SO WITH THAT, UM, WAITING FOR QUESTION ANSWERS, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE DR.
WOODY OF THE BRANCH OF THE AUDIENCE CEO AND PRESIDENT.
SO JUST GONNA NOT LET YOU SIT QUIET.
PAGE, PAGE UH, CHANGES THAT YOU WERE SAYING THAT UH, WAS BASED SERVICE FOR THESE STATE REMAIN 700.
UM, SO THE, THE WATER MINIMUM INCREASE THAT YOU WANNA DO OVERNIGHT.
SO ARE YOU GONNA HAVE 700 PLUS OF 400 OR THE 400? IT'S FOUR POINT.
SO THE 700 IS A GREAT QUESTION.
SO FOR ANYBODY WHO COULDN'T BE HERE, IT WAS HOW DO THE NUMBERS ADD UP ON SLIDE 15 TO OUR UH, INCAPACITY OVERNIGHT? SO THE DATETIME CAPACITY RIGHT NOW IS 700 OF THOSE 700 ONLY 340 YEARS STAYING AT NIGHT RIGHT NOW.
SO THIS WOULD INCREASE THAT AT NIGHT CAPACITY BY A HUNDRED.
SO THE DAY SERVICE ATTITUDE IS ABOUT 300.
THOSE OTHER, SO NO, SO THE DAY SERVICE IS 700 AND THEN AT NIGHT PEOPLE HAVE TO LEAVE CUZ THERE'S ONLY SPACE FOR, OF THAT 700, THERE'S SPACE FOR 300 MORNING OF THAT 700.
SO NOW THERE'LL BE SPACED FOR 440 OF, THAT'S 700.
SO THE DISCRE NUMBER FEE GOT YOU NEED 10 STAFF MEMBERS HUNDRED.
SO THERE WILL BE UH, AN ADDITIONAL 10 STAFF OFFICES.
BUT I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY DOCTOR, WHAT DID YOU WANNA, WHAT I'M SAYING IT'S NOT ADDITIONAL STAFF, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE RATIO IS.
I KNOW THAT THEY'RE WITHIN THE BEST PRACTICE OF STAFF TO GUESS RATIO.
I JUST DON'T HAVE ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE, I THINK.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN PRESIDENT, CEO, OFFICER? UH, TO GO BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF IS THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH WHITE SHELTER IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND AT THE BRIDGE OUR CHALLENGE HAS BEEN AFTER THE PANDEMIC SAID, WE'VE SLOWLY INCREASED FOLKS THAT ARE COME THROUGH EVERYTHING FROM RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OFFICE SOLUTION THERE, OUTREACH TEAMS, BUT OTHER OUTREACH TEAMS IN THE COMMUNITY RECONNECTING WITH FOLKS AT LEAST COME OUR CAMPUS LESS WEDNESDAY WE HAD 600 MORE GUESTS.
FOUR MONTHS AGO WE WERE AT MANAGING THE PANDEMIC STILL.
SO IN ABOUT FOUR MONTHS OR SO WE SEEN BACK IN FACILITY.
UNFORTUNATELY AT NIGHT, WE DON'T HAVE ON OUR CAMPUS THE ABILITY TO SHELTER ALL OF THOSE FOLKS, WHOEVER WIFE COMING FROM SHELTER.
THOSE HAVE TO BE CONNECTED TO OTHER SISTER SHELTERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO TRY THAT.
WHEN WE THAT'S THAT WHAT YOU SEE, WHICH IS INDIVIDUAL, UM, WOULD THEN COME BACK TO BIG SHELTER SERVICES IN TERMS OF RECOVERY EXPERIENCE.
THAT MAKES A, IT MAKES IT REAL CHALLENGE, I SHOULD STAND BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A HOLISTIC APPROACH THAT NO LONGER STICKING ON ACCOUNT CAN OFFER NIGHT SHIFT.
THAT'S A GAP WHICH MAKES THEM SMALL.
SO MANY OF THE ISSUES WHICH MAY HAVE CREATED THEIR COMMON POLICY, THEY SHOW WHEN THEY GET PREFERENCE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND AGAIN, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS, COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH METROCARE SERVICE, SUBSTANCE DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL, PHYSICAL HEALTH, UM, THE STUDENT IN TERMS OF ABUSE, LEGAL, NATIVE NORTH TEXAS IN TERMS OF TRYING TO READ EVERY SERVICE.
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BELIEVE THAT FACILITATING PERSONS RECOVERY PM WE EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.AND IN FACT TO UM, PUT IT BACK TO THAT WAS MADE IN THE PRESENTATION, WE'VE EXPANDED OKAY OUR SPACE OKAY TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THOSE FOR SHELTER.
UM, WE
OUR BY PERSON SHARED WE HAD 61.
OKAY, IT'S HOT OUT HERE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO THIS NEEDS STILL BE THE POOL IN TERMS OF BEING, AT LEAST WE HAVE TO STAYING AT HOUSE.
UM, FOR ANYBODY WHO COULD HEAR UH, AND I HERE ONLINE, UM, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO STRETCH DOLLARS FURTHER AND BRINGING PARTNERSHIPS? SO UM, I MENTIONED THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY JUST FOUNDED THE VOLUNTEER SERVICES DIVISION AND ACTUALLY OUR PARTNER ADMINISTRATOR, GLORIA SANDAL IS RIGHT OVER HERE, UH, IS CUTTING THAT UP.
AND SO SHE ACTUALLY, UM, HAS BEEN REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING PARTNERSHIPS, UH, TO FRUITION LIKE AT HOME.
UH, AND IT'S EXPLORING ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIPS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE BETTER REALITY.
WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT'S COMING THAT I CAN'T TALK ABOUT.
ANOTHER BIG PARTNERSHIPS HAVE TONY QUESTION BRIEFLY IS WHAT YOUR OF THE SEVENTH YOU DO THAT ALL OF THEM STAYED THINK OF? YES, THEY WOULD.
I ENGAGED SOMEONE FIRST THING THIS MORNING, SIX FIVE WHO'S COMING TO ME IN LAST THREE DAYS.
UM, MEDIA, ESPECIALLY FOR FEMALE.
FEMALE WHO WE HAVE TALKED TO EVEN MORE SPACE FOR FEMALES WHO ME BEING UM, AND I AM A TERRIBLE POSITION.
SO WHAT IS YOUR NUMBER WOMEN VERSUS HOW THAT COVERAGE RIGHT NOW I MAY SEVEN LESS ASSESS FOR WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN APRIL AT THIS TIME STARTED COLLECTING MAY, UM, 64% OF OUR POPULATION SPAN.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 6% AT THIS POINT, WHICH IS FEMALE, THAT NUMBER OF FEMALES.
HISTORICALLY WE'VE BEEN ABOUT THREE QUARTER MALE, ONE QUARTER FEMALE.
AND THE NUMBER OF FEMALES SEEKING SINGLE ADULT FEMALE SEEN SHELTER HAS INCREASED SINCE THE END OF THE PANDEMIC SIX YEARS.
DO YOU ALSO SUPPORT SINGLE FEMALE KILLED? WE DO NOT.
THE BRIDGE MEETS NEEDS, UH, ONLY SINGLE ADULTS WE MAY HAVE, UM, FEMALES WITH THE CHILD, FEMALES LEADING THE BEST VIOLENCE EXPERIENCE.
WE MAY DO A BRIEF ASSESSMENT AND THEN WE DO A MORE HANDOFF TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY'VE BEEN THEY TO POSSIBLY, UH, GENESIS FOR THE GENAL CELEBRATION FOR DV KIND OF EXPERIENCE.
BECAUSE AGAIN, BRIDGE IS A, UH, THE LOWEST BARRIER SHELTER.
AND SO WE HAVE ALSO SIGNIFICANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS, SEX OFFENDERS SEEKING SERVICES AND THAT KIND OF THING.
AND AGAIN, FOR OUR LOCAL POPULATION, THAT MAY NOT BE THE BEST FOR THEM.
SO WE WANT TO GET THEM INTO SITUATION.
UH, AND SO I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION DR.
SO THE FACILITY THAT WE UH, PURCHASED AND RENOVATED
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IN THAT FAMILY GATEWAYS IN DISTRICT 12 NOW, UM, IS FOR FAMILIES.UH, THEY DO NON-TRADITIONAL FAMILIES LOW BARRIER.
UM, AND THEN ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE, UH, AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE MOVED SHELTERS AS WELL IS UM, WE REALIZED IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION LAST SUMMER THAT, OR LAST IN THE SPRING.
I THINK THAT THE SHELTERS NEEDED MORE SPACE.
SO WE LOOKED AT, WELL, HOW CAN WE DO SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T REINVENT THE WHEEL? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE SPENDING MONEY FOR PROPERTIES.
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PEOPLE OUT OF SHELTERS SO THAT MORE PEOPLE WHO NEED THAT STABILIZING PERSON CAN, CAN COME IN.
AND ALSO WE TOOK THE TIME TO DO A ADAPT FOR SHELTER, TAKE TIME, CLEAN SPACE NOW.
AND SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE WORKED ON THAT IS WE, UH, FOUND A MILLION OF EXISTING FUNDING AND PUT TOGETHER A SHELTER
UM, AND SO A LOT OF THOSE HOTEL RELATIONSHIPS, WHICH FAMILY GATEWAYS, ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS THAT THEY CAN PLACE PEOPLE WITH THESE PARTNERS AND HAVE TERMS READY TO GO AND EXPAND AND CONTRACT IT AS THEY NEED TO, WHICH MAXIMIZES THAT FUNDING STREAM.
SO THERE ARE SUPPORTS THERE, THE SHELTERED AS WELL.
UM, IS IT ENOUGH? I THINK YOU COULD SAY THAT IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
JUST THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HOUSING, BUT WE REALIZE THAT IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF THE END OF THE PIPELINE, WE JUST HAVE MORE PEOPLE STUCK IN THE PIPELINE.
AND HOW MUCH ABOUT THAT? THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT? SO IF WE WERE GOING TO USE SOME OF IT TO DEVELOP PROPERTY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, HONESTLY WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY IN HERE, 17 MILLION FOR THAT WAS, I GUESS I THINK DEPENDING ON THE PROPERTY THAT'S ENOUGH WHERE IT'S DEFINITELY NOT ENOUGH.
UM, THE REASON THAT WE GOT TO THAT WAS BECAUSE NUMBER, UM, WHICH IS ENGINEERING IS BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE 18% OFF THE TOP, THEN YOU'RE SAYING OKAY, WELL SOME OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ACQUISITION OF OW AND HAVE COST ABOUT 15 MILLION.
SO WE THINK 17 MILLION IS A GOOD NUMBER JUST TO HAVE IN GENERAL.
UM, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT PROPERTIES THESE DAYS, THAT'S SEED FUNDING TO BRING IN OTHER PARTNERSHIPS AND IF WE HAVE THIS LARGER NUMBER, IT WILL PROBABLY BE A MORE JUDICIOUS SPREAD OF SAYING, OKAY, WELL WHAT CAN WE SINK INTO A PROPERTY AND THEN BRING IN OTHER, YOU KNOW, CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL PARTNERS TO HELP US DO THE HEAVY LIFTING SO IT'S NOT SO ONE-SIDED, CAN WE DO A MORE EQUITABLE SHARE? SO THAT REALLY IS A PARTNERSHIP, UM, FOR THAT AND THEN KEEP THE BULK OF IT TO REALLY USE FOR THINGS LIKE ST.
JUDE, I MEAN 3.3 MILLION FOR 200 BEDS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT 82,000 PER UNIT THESE DAYS FOR ADAPTING FROM USE NOT TO SNIFF BACK.
SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE WOULD PREFER TO UH, BE PUTTING THE BULK ON.
IS THAT, IS THAT BASED? YES, THAT'S UH, COVERING THE TEST
UH, WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A MAJOR RENOVATION RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF RENT, WHICH IS REST THE AREA.
WE SLEEP ON 350, WE'RE RENOVATING THAT.
WE GOT
SO WE HAVE A THINK AWESOME PARTNERS.
WHAT YOU SEE LISTED HERE IS MAJOR BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE, HOT WATER, EATING CAR, THINGS THAT SOME, WERE YOU ASKING ABOUT THE ACCURACY OF HOW UPDATED THOSE NUMBERS WERE FROM DR.
WHEN'S ESTIMATES FOR THE IONS? YES.
SO EARLIER THIS, SO WE STARTED THAT, IT'S BEEN A YEAR WE STARTED WORKING WITH DR.
WOODY IN THE BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY AND WENT THROUGH EVERY CORNER OF THIS CAMPUS TO ASSESS WHAT WAS HE NEEDING, WHAT WAS BEING, WHAT WAS NEEDING REPAIR REPLACEMENTS.
AND WE CAME UP WITH THIS GIGANTIC COMPREHENSIVE LIST AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S LARGER THAN WHAT YOU SEE HERE, WE WERE ABLE TO UH, USE SOME ESG CARE ACT MONEY TO DO ABOUT $800, $800,000 WORTH OF WORK, INCLUDING FOUNDATION
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STARTING NOW.AND THEN WE COULDN'T DATE THAT 800,000 WE ADDED HERE AT THE BOTTOM.
SO THESE ARE VERY, UM, THIS AS, AS THINGS CHANGE OR IF SOMETHING WERE TO CHANGE, WE'VE BEEN UPDATING THE NUMBERS.
UM, WE'VE TRIED TO ACCOMMODATE AS MUCH AS WE COULD THROUGH ESG AND WE COULDN'T BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S VERY COMFORTABLE WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED IN HERE.
WOODY'S BEEN WORKING WITH HIS TEAM TO DEVELOP THE SECOND REQUEST THAT WE HAVE HERE FOR THE, BASICALLY REPURPOSING THE P SO WE FEEL GOOD, UM, HIS, HIS REQUEST.
UM, HOPEFULLY, BASICALLY BAND SYSTEM FOR MEETING.
AND EITHER WE HAVE A GREEN SPACE AT OUR FRONT CENTER YES.
ENTRANCE, WHICH IS NOT BEING USED.
AND SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE TO EXPAND THAT TO OUR FRONT GATE AND TOWARDS OUR INTAKE CENTER.
AND SO THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT GREEN SPACE THAT TO EXPAND THAT WILL GIVE US PLENTY OF SPACE.
NOT SLEEPING, WE TALKING ABOUT NEARLY DOUBLING OUR SEATING SPACE, BUT THEN BEING ABLE TO OFFER JUST GENERAL OFFICE SPACE IN TERMS OF JUST SERVICES.
SO DID YOU SEE SOME OF THESE? NO.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN MIDST, UH, NOT JUST FINISHING REFERRING RESTROOMS, WHICH IS AGAIN HAVE FOUR FOUR FOLKS WHO TRANSITION IN TERMS OF WORK EXPERIENCE.
WE STILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT, UH, GREEN SPACE THAT WE WANT TO RETAIN.
SO I THINK IT'S GENERALLY JUST TO OFFER MORE UM, SERVICES AND TRADITIONAL COVERING SPACES FOR FOLKS MAKING THAT TRANSITION.
CAN YOU GIVE ME A SENSE THE EXTENT KNOW, UM, WHAT KIND SUPPORTIVE COUNSEL INITIALLY THEY GET OUT AND THE EXTENT ARE THEY SUBURBS? UM, SO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN SOME OF THE SUBURBS UNITS TO FURTHER THAT, UM, WAS THE QUESTION.
AND SO, UM, ACTUALLY THERE'S A GREAT MODEL IN FORT WORTH.
CASA DE ESPOSA UM, WAS A PROJECT THAT THEY DID, I THINK IT WAS THE CITY AND THEIR VERSION OF DALLAS HOUSING AUTHORITY.
UM, AND WORKED WITH A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER TO GET AN ADAPT AND REUSE BUTTON AND RUNNING IN, I THINK IT WAS SIX MONTHS.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE TYPE OF WORK THAT YOU CAN DO.
I WILL SAY THAT YOU COULD DO THAT IN DALLAS BECAUSE DIFFERENT CITY, DIFFERENT RESTRICTIONS, DIFFERENT ZONING, IT'S NOT, IT'S OUT TO ORANGES BUT YOU CAN MOVE QUICKLY WHEN YOU KNOW THE CITY IS, IS SAYING OKAY, THIS IS A PRIORITY.
AND INDEED WE DID THAT WITH THE SERVICES BUILDING FOR 41 50.
YOU KNOW, WE COMPLETELY RENOVATED IT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND FINISHED IT OUT WORKING WITH IT HOME IN INCLUSIVE IT SIX MONTHS.
UM, SO THEY DO HAVE THAT MODEL AND PERMIT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR A HUNDRED PEOPLE OR OVER UNDER.
UM, AND THEY DEVELOPED ANOTHER ONE LIKE THAT.
IT LOOKS LIKE LITTLE QUADRANGLE OF ALMOST BUNGALOW STYLE.
UM, AND THEY'VE DONE IT IN THESE LITTLE SQUARES.
SO IT'S FOUR HOUSING UNITS, FOUR HOUSING UNITS.
UM, AND THEY'VE GOT THESE LITTLE PLAQUES OF SINGLE FAMILY, TINY HOME, UH, NOT TINY HOMES, THEY'RE ACTUAL UH, HOMES.
BUT THAT WOULD REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
AND THEN HAVE A COMMUNITY SPOT AS WELL SO THEY CAN JUST COMPLETELY REDID THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS ON WHOLE.
I THINK THAT FOR SOME OF IT, IT'S IN DEVELOPMENT.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO IT KNOWLEDGEABLY, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE WORKING ON WHAT SHARED AGREEMENTS WILL LOOK LIKE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING A TOOLKIT LIKE WE HAVE FOR ENCAMPMENT AND COMMISSIONING.
SO I THINK WE'RE IN THE EARLY STAGES.
I THINK IT WOULD BE TOO EARLY TO TO DO THAT.
UM, AND I THINK WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU SAW WITH THE MAYOR'S HOMELESSNESS
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TASK FORCE WAS REALLY A REQUEST FOR A SHARING OF THE LOAD AND FOR REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP AND REALIZING THAT THIS IS A REGIONAL ISSUE.SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DALLAS SHARING RESOURCES SO MUCH AS IT IS DALLAS SHARING KNOWLEDGE AND ASKING OTHER PEOPLE TO ALL SUFFER, BRING RESOURCES TO THE TABLE.
BUT AGAIN, I'M NOT THE MAYOR SO I WOULDN'T ASK ME.
UM, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE GREAT IDEAS GOING AROUND IN THE AREAS AROUND US AS WELL.
UM, PROPERTY BEFORE, UM, THERE A STATUS STILL IT IS.
SO THE SALVATION ARMY PROJECT, UM, UP IN DISTRICT SIX, I THINK, UM, THEY'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THEIR CAPITAL FUNDRAISING.
SO YOU SHOULD BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT ARE LIKE MOVING TO THE LAB PHASE AS WE SAY FAIRLY SECOND QUESTION.
UM, AND DOING, WORKING WITH DALLAS.
SO I MEAN THEY HAVE THEIR HEADQUARTERS HERE AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE ANY INTENTION OF MOVING.
SO I THINK WHEN THAT'S UP AND RUNNING, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE, I THINK THEY MIGHT BE ROUNDING ON THE FIRST PHASE OF THEIR FUNDRAISING.
I'M NOT SURE IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE I'VE GOTTEN EXACT NUMBERS FROM WAYNE ON THAT.
BUT UM, I DO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT DOWN IN ELLIS COUNTY AND IN WHATEVER CAPACITY IT WORKS WITH UM, THEIR WORK IN DALLAS, WE'RE HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT.
AND THAT IS A COMBINATION OF SHELTERED UNSHELTERED IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
ALL OF THOSE COUNTS ON, SO IF YOU HAVE 42, 4400 THEORETICAL ISSUE WITH LOTS OF ISSUES BUT ISSUES WITH ACTUALLY HAVING BENEFIT PERSONALLY, UM, WELL NO, BECAUSE OF THOSE 4,200 MOST AGAIN OVER, I THINK THREE PORTS OF THOSE ARE SHELTERED.
THE ONES WE HAVE OUTSIDE IS JUST A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY LESS THAN THAT I THINK FOR THE NINE HUNDREDS NOW.
SO YES, IN TERMS OF BEDS YOU COULD SAY, WELL WE HAD ANOTHER THOUSAND BEDS.
BUT A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE ARE THOSE CHRONIC COUNSEL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICE RESISTANT.
WHICH MEANS THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING, UH, IN TERMS OF THE FEDERAL MODEL OF MIGRATED RECOGNITION IS WE ARE GOING OUT WITH OUTREACH WORKERS AND JUST SITTING WITH THEM AND FORMING RELATIONSHIPS OVER SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS.
SOME OF THE LARGER ENCAMPMENTS WE'VE DONE ARE, THERE, WERE OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TWO AND A HALF MONTHS.
AND THAT IS TO GAIN THEIR TRUST BECAUSE THEY'VE HEARD EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN.
THEY'VE BEEN LET DOWN BY EVERYBODY.
UM, AND GET THEM HOUSING, FIGURE OUT THE DOCUMENTS THEY NEED.
DO THEY HAVE BARRIERS TO HOUSING? WE CAN HELP WITH DOES YOUR SERVICE ANIMAL OR YOUR PET NEED DOG FOOD, YOUR CAT FOOD AND A LEASH? CAN WE BRING THE HOMES AND OUT TO HELP WITH MEDICATION? UM, YOU KNOW, IF FOR SOME REASON YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO STRAIGHT INTO HOUSING, WHAT DO YOU NEED? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GREAT PARTNERS WHO DO A LOT OF WORK, UM, THAT RUNS GAMUT, THAT MEETS ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUND AND, AND MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS.
SO, BUT ALL OF THAT TAKES TIME.
AND THEN WHEN WE CAN MOVE THEM STRAIGHT INTO HOUSING, WE'RE SAYING WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF WE HAD JUST ROUTED ALL OF THIS THROUGH THE SHELTERS, YOU WERE NEVER GONNA BE SERVED.
AND SO INSTEAD WE'RE GONNA REMOVE THAT BARRIER AND COME OUT TO YOU WHILE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN SHELTER ARE GETTING HOUSE IN A FASTER PLACE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY IN SHELTER AND READY TO GO.
SO IT'S A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'VE CHOSEN TO USE THE RESOURCES THAT WAY.
SO WE YOU SAID A PLACE FOR LIFE? YES.
SO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
UM, I THINK AN OLDER TERM, WHICH A LOT OF THE VOUCHERS HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES, A LOT OF PEOPLE EQU IT TO SECTION EIGHT, WHICH IS I HAVE SUBSIDY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE ON IT AND IT PUTS ME IN A, A PLACE, BUT THERE ARE NO SERVICES AND THAT GETS REALLY BAD RAP CUZ WE DO HAVE PLACES IN DALLAS AND IN THE US THAT HAVE HAD HOUSING WITH NO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES WHEN PEOPLE NEEDED SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND IT IN NO SO WELL, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SECTION 83, THE DALLAS HOUSE AUTHORITY
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THAT'S GONE VERY WELL AND HOUSE AUTHORITIES ACROSS THE NATION WHO'VE DONE A FEW JOB.AND SO WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROVIDES YOU SUBSIDY FOR LIFE, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES YOU WITH PERMANENT, UH, CASE MANAGEMENT AND PERMANENT STAFF SUPPORT.
SO IN THE BUILDING YOU WERE LIVING IN, THERE ARE STAFF, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA BE THERE 24 7 IN CASE SHE NEEDS SOMETHING.
AND SO IT'S REALLY JUST RECOGNIZING THAT THERE IS, THERE'S A MIDDLE GROUND AND I THINK THE, THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT IS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE ACTUALLY ALL HAVE A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
WE GO HOME AND THERE'S EITHER A SUPPORT NETWORK THERE OR WE HAVE FAMILY OR FRIENDS OR A COLLEAGUE OR MENTOR THAT WE CAN CALL WHEN WE HAVE HARD TIMES.
MAYBE WE HAVE HEALTHCARE SERVICES OR A PSYCH, A PSYCHIATRIST, PSYCHOLOGIST OR A DOCTOR.
THOSE ARE ALL TENANTS OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
AND SO ALL WE ARE REALLY DOING IS GIVING SOMEBODY ELSE THE SAME THING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
IT'S JUST THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THEMSELVES IN A WAY THAT WE KNOW THAT FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT FINANCIAL THRESHOLD.
UM, AND SO WE ARE GIVING THEM A SUBSIDY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS CARRIED OUT.
QUESTION I HAD WAS, DID YOU MENTION THAT? WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT PERMANENT POLICY? WELL THEN, SO WITH YEAH, WITH THE, THE QUESTION WAS FOR 2029 SOUTHAMPTON, DID I MENTION THAT IT WOULD'VE PERMIT SUPPORT CAUSING, UM, LIKE THE, THE OTHER ONES? UM, I DIDN'T BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW YET.
NOW WE KNOW THAT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE IT TO DO IS PSH BUT HONESTLY THE COMMUNITY HASN'T DECIDED YET.
AND SO THAT'S BEING RE THAT'S BEING REEDED RIGHT NOW BY THE CANDIDATE.
WELL THERE'S THE, THE 1 41 50 INDEPENDENT DRIVE THAT THE CITY ALREADY OWNS IS GONNA BE, THAT'S THAT'S AGREEMENT.
UM, THAT ONE IS GONNA BE 80% PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, 20% RAPID REHOUSING BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, REALIZED, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT PSH AND HOW IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT THEY ALSO REALLY WANTED THAT ABILITY TO HAVE RAPID FREE HOUSING, WHICH IS A, UH, 12 AND 24 MONTHS AND THEN YOU CAN MOVE ONTO TO SOMETHING ELSE.
SO WE HONORED THAT AND SAID, OKAY, WE WILL DO A LITTLE BIT OF A SPLIT.
THE REASON I ASK THAT IT'S LIKE TO BE MOSTLY PERMANENT HOUSE, I THINK 13, THERE'S A WHOLE THEORY THAT I SAID FOUR PEOPLE, NO PROGRESS.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF THESE BELOW 30 GONNA BE PERMANENT WAS SOME OF THE TOP EIGHT NINE DISTRICT IN DALLAS, LIKE DISTRICT 12 DOWN BUDGET 14.
I SEE PERMANENT IN THOSE TYPES OF DISTRICTS THERE.
SO ACTUALLY OUR FIRST PROJECTS, OUR FIRST THREE WERE UM, ALL, WERE ALL AROUND 6 35 AND NORTH DALLAS.
AND THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE UP THERE ACTUALLY, UM, CUT DOWN ON A CRIME AND INCREASED OWN VALUES.
AND THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE DONE IN DISTRICT EIGHT, FULL SUPPORT OF THAT COUNCIL MEMBER NOW MAY GO 10, UH, CUT DOWN ON CRIME BY 36% AND IS GOING TO RAISE PROPERTY VALUES WHEN IN WITH THE, UH, THERE'S ACTUALLY A APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT'S GONNA BE FULL MARKET RIGHT GOING UP ACROSS FROM IT THAT'S GOING IN WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROPERTY AND IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
SO WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE THIS CHARGE IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITIES IN EVERY DISTRICT.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SEEN THAT OVER TIME'S NOT ONLY CUTS DOWN ON CRIME IN EVERY AREA, UM, BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE IN NORTH DALLAS WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN IN THOSE, UH, IN THE SOUTH AND WEST DALLAS, BUT ALSO INCREASES PROPERTY VALUE 4 6 35 TO TALK ABOUT IS A LOT OF WHITE LANE INSTITUTE.
BUT FORTUNATELY INSTEAD, UH, IT'S, AND I HEAR THAT AND WE DO A LOT OF WORK OVER THERE AS WELL AND I LIVE NEXT TO ONE OF THEM.
UM, AND IT ACTUALLY HAS DONE WONDERS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST THE FACT THAT IT IS IN AREAS WHERE YOU, YOU DO NEED THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY WHERE THE, WHERE THE BUILDING BUILDING'S BEEN MAYBE VACANT OR NOT WELL MAINTAINED.
HAVING SOMEBODY IN THERE WHO REALLY IS DEDICATED TO MAKING THAT SPACE THRIVE IS A GAME CHANGER.
BUT AGAIN, IT HAS TO BE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? IT CAN'T JUST BE SOMETHING THAT'S LOCKED DOWN AND EXPECTED TO THRIVE WITHOUT ANY COMMUNITY.
UM, LOOKING BACK SLIDE AT COMPARED TO OTHER IN THE UNITED STATES FIND OF
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CONSTANT CITY TO CITY.AND SO WE'RE THE, WE'VE GOT A MILLION PEOPLE AND CITY THERE'S GONNA BE X VERY OFTEN CITY TO CITY IN THE SECOND IS BEING ADDRESSED BY WHAT CITIES WHERE THAT IS A FANTASTIC QUESTION.
UM, AND I HUGE DATA NERD, SO NOW I REALLY WANNA LIKE JUST GO, GOOGLE IS ON MY COMPUTER AND GO BACK TO GUYS IN AN HOUR AND I CAN'T DO THAT.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU AND THE QUESTION WAS, UH, IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED PROPORTIONATE TO THE CITY POPULATION IN ANY TYPE OF FORMULAIC WAY? AND HOW IS DALLAS DOING CURRENTLY? UM, I CAN TELL YOU COMING FROM NEW YORK AND THEN FROM SEATTLE, UM, AND WORKING IN THOSE AREAS, NO.
UM, NOW GRANTED WHEN YOU HAVE A LARGER POPULATION, YOU COULD IN THEORY HAVE A LARGER HOMELESS POPULATION.
BUT THERE ARE CITIES ACROSS THE WORLD AND IN THE US THAT DISPROVE THAT.
UM, THERE ARE ALSO CITIES WITH LARGE POPULATIONS THAT HAVE EXPONENTIALLY LARGER HOMELESS.
AND I'M TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE WEST COAST MAINLY, YOU KNOW, THE UM, WHITE HOUSE PILOT THAT WE'RE A PART OF IS SIX AREAS.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE FIVE OF US ARE CITIES AND THE OTHERS THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO I THINK THERE'S SOME DISPROPORTIONATE NEED THERE.
UM, AND I CAN GET INTO THE POLICY REASONS FOR THAT.
UM, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF, UH, WELL A LOT.
WE'VE DONE A COUPLE CONFERENCES ON THE WEST COAST, UM, AND A COUPLE ON THE EAST COAST.
AND I CAN SAY THAT UM, IT'S PLEASANTLY STRANGE THAT DALLAS AND UH, OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE REALLY ARE ON THE CUTTING EDGE.
AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEE IN THE SESSIONS THAT WE LISTEN TO, WE HAVE ANSWERS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENTING DON'T HAVE ANSWERS FOR.
WE HAVE SUCCESS RATES THAT THEY DON'T HAVE.
AND ONE OF THE MAIN DIFFERENCES I WOULD SAY THAT I FOUND VERY, VERY INTERESTING, UM, IS THAT WE TALK TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEY COME WITH US.
AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE, WE ARE WITH THEM.
UM, AND WHEN WE SHUT DOWN ENCAMPMENTS, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT FOR THE MOST PART WHEN WE CAN.
SOMETIMES WE CAN'T BECAUSE WE'RE HOUSING PEOPLE.
AND I HAVE HAD GROUPS WHO, WHO THEN TURN TO MY FOLKS PRESENTING AND SAY, WELL WHY DON'T THEY TALK TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AT ALL? THEY'RE TERRIBLE.
AND OH, WHEN SOMEONE'S GOING TO COMPOSE AN ENCAMPMENT, I CALL THE ACT BEST TO PROTEST OR WHY WOULD YOU ENCAMPMENTS AT ALL? AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A VERY COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP AND A COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY, BUT THERE'S ALSO KIND OF A LINE IN THE SAND THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN.
AND THIS IS NOT A HEALTHY WAY TO LIVE.
WE NEED TO HELP YOU FIND SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA WORK FOR YOU THAT'S NOT THIS, UM, THAT I JUST DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THAT TOPICAL LINE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
IT'S A BUZZING LINE, BUT IT'S THERE.
AND I THINK IT'S UH, ENDOWED US WITH SUCCESS IN WAYS THAT SEEM BASIC TO US THAT JUST ARE NOT THERE FOR C I CERTAIN AREAS, DO YOU HAVE LING OR ALL S FOREST, YOU SEE THAT YOU SEE PHYSICAL, SEE LING YOU DRIVE OUT, MAYBE IT'S NOT CITY OVER AND YOU EXIT PARTWAY.
AND IS IT, IS IT JUST NOT EASY TO GET THERE HEARING THAT THAT'S A COMPLETELY GREAT PLACE TO HANDLE.
DID THEY ACTUALLY COME FROM THOSE AREAS OR DID JUMP DOOR CERTAIN? YEAH.
AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD ONE TO MAYBE ASK FOR SOME OTHER PERSPECTIVES.
CAUSE I AM THE ONE PERSON, BUT WE'VE GOT ASHLEY TO JUMP THERE AND JUMP.
MIGHT WANNA ADD COLOR TO THIS, BUT YEAH, HAND HANDLING OR ILLEGAL SOLICITATION.
I I DON'T, WE DON'T SAY PANHANDLING ANYMORE.
SO LEGAL SOLICITATION IS THE ARRESTABLE OFFENSE.
WHEN YOU ARE IN THE ROADWAY, ANYTHING THAT'S NOT, THAT IS PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT WE'LL SAY IS WE'RE OUT THERE ASKING FOR MONEY, ASKING FOR GOODS OR SERVICES.
UM, WE KNOW THAT IF THE CITY OF DALLAS, IT'S A BIT WEIRD, BUT OUR POPULATION WHO ARE OUT THERE ARE LARGELY NOT HOMELESS.
NOW THEY MIGHT BE FINANCIALLY UNSTABLE, THEY COULD BE COMING FROM SUPPORTED HOUSING NEARBY, THEY COULD BE COMING FROM A SHELTER, THEY COULD BE COMING FROM ANYWHERE.
UM, BUT THEY, THEIR NEEDS ARE NOT SUSTAINABLY BEING MET BY STANDING ON THE STREET CORNER.
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED, WE CAN HELP THEM THAT WE HAVE SERVICES LIKE THE DALLAS PAN RAPID REHOUSING INITIATIVE TO GET THEM INTO HOUSING.
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UM, AND SO I THINK THAT SAID, THE, THE CHARACTER OF HOMELESSNESS CHANGES DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU GO IN DALLAS, WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON STREET CORNERS UP NORTH, THEY GENERALLY HAVE BEEN, ARE ARE THERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT'S SECRETIVE.WE HAVE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT WE'VE BEEN SPECIAL FRIENDS WITH FOR A VERY LONG TIME, THE COURSE SINCE 75, WHO HAVE POINT BLANKS AND WE WILL NOT LEAVE BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS SECRETIVE AND A LOT OF THEM HAS GONE AWAY BECAUSE OF THE CONCENTRATED EFFORT THAT WE'VE HAD IN THAT AREA.
UM, BUT THEN YOU GO FARTHER SOUTH IN DALLAS AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS TRUE HOMELESSNESS AND A LOT OF THAT IS BECOME THE HISTORY OF RACIAL INEQUITIES IN OUR CITY.
UH, AND SO I THINK THE NEED JUST CHANGES AS YOU GO.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF I, TO PEOPLE I'VE IDENTIFIED WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT.
CAUSE AGAIN, I ONE PERSONAL ONE RESPECT, SHARE BRIEFLY THAT ONE OF THE RESULTS OF OUR PARTNERSHIP CITY OF DALLAS, THAT WE HAVE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AROUND THAT THE BRIDGE IS EXPECTED TO MANAGE IS CORRECT.
WHAT I'M TELL YOU IS THAT, UM, I HAVE SO FACT THAT I'M DOOR TRASH, BUT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE DOING IT, IF YOU GO BY THE BRIDGE, YOU'RE SAME PEOPLE HANGING OUT IN, THAT'S BECAUSE WE, AND TRYING TO GET THEM TO, TO AT LEAST TIME AN EXIT HONOR.
OKAY? AND IF YOU SUSTAIN A PRESENCE, OKAY, THAT IS ENGAGING WITH IS LIVING POST ON THIS, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS THEN SLEEP RIGHT OUTSIDE THAT THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
SHE DESCRIBED HOW SHE ENGAGING IN RELATIONSHIPS IN, UH, BUILDING TRUST.
OKAY? THAT'S WHAT THE RESULT IS.
AGAIN, THESE PRESENTS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT IT'S CONSISTENT, OKAY? AND IT'S ABOUT OFFERING MOST OTHER OPTIONS.
TYPICALLY YOU SEE THEMSELVES THE SAME THING WITH THE BRIDGE.
OKAY? 55% OKAY? PROPERTY BANKS, OKAY? BUT SHE'S USED TO BE ALL HOUSES UP 350% THAT, SO ACROSS THE STREET YOU SEE TWO HIGH DOLLAR HOUSING AND SO ARRANGEMENTS FOR FOLKS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE THREE.
OKAY? SO I THINK THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WE ARE PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OKAY? SO WE BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH BUSINESSES OWNERS IN THE AREA AND THAT'S WHAT'S ALLOWED US TO TRANSITION TO TRANSFORM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO MAKE IT, UM, FOLKS SAID THAT WE WOULD ENGAGE ONE ANOTHER AND BUILDING THE, TELL ME ANSWER YOUR ABOUT THE PROPORTION LESSNESS POPULATION THAT'S RELATED TO THE HOUSING COSTS OF THE CITY.
SEVERE HOMELESSNESS POPULATIONS PERMIT.
THERE'S LESS, WHICH MEANS THE, THE LIKE LOWER THAT AND I KNOW, I JUST WANNA SAY I THINK WE'RE FIVE OVER AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SUPPOSED TO OFF, NOT I COURSE OKAY.
SO NOT CAN YOU MENTION WHY WOULD THAT BE? YES.
AND THE QUESTION WAS, UM, WHY, WHY IS THERE A SEPARATE CALL OUT FOR HOMELESSNESS FUNDING WHEN IT'S MOSTLY, MAINLY WHAT WE'RE DESCRIBING AS GAP FINANCING? UM, THE REASON, AND THIS IS EXPERIENTIAL THAT WE HAVE HAD OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, IS THAT WHEN IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR HOMELESSNESS, IT'S CALLED OUT AS FUNDING
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THAT IS ONLY FOR THINGS FOR THOSE WHO ARE, UM, HOMELESS OR SAFELY HOUSED.AND IT HAS VERY, VERY SPECIFIC, UM, REQUIREMENTS, WHICH MEANS THAT IT CANNOT BE USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
AND OBVIOUSLY NONE OF US ARE EVER GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING.
EVERYBODY YOU'VE HEARD FROM AND EVERYONE, EVERY OTHER TASK FORCE MEMBER IS HEARING FROM, IS ASKING FOR MORE THAN 1 BILLION WILL COVER.
UM, AND SO I THINK IT'S VERY EASY TO PUSH AND PULL FROM DIFFERENT POTS AND WHILE WE CAN MOVE THIS HERE, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS REALLY PROTECTED THIS FUNDING, UM, AND GIVEN US FROM 2017 TO VERY RECENTLY TO USE IT ALL IN A THOUGHTFUL WAY, NOT A RUSHED WAY THAT IT COULD NOT BE USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
YOU COULD WRAP IT IN, BUT IT WOULD NEED THE SAME PROTECTIONS AND IT MIGHT, POLICY WISE, BE A BIT HARDER TO UN EXPLAIN WHY IT HAS THOSE PROTECTIONS.
BUT IF YOU SAY, WELL, IT'S FOR HOMELESSNESS, IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT THE POLICY IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
CHRISTINE, WOULD IT BE, UM, WRONG TO ASSUME THAT MIKE PARTICIPANT, IT DOESN'T HOMELESSNESS, BUT WITHIN TO CREATE MORE PSH UNITS? I THINK IT WOULD DEFINITELY, YEAH.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HOPE TO SEE.
UM, INSTEAD OF SEEING MORE STRAIGHT BUILDINGS THAT ARE JUST PSH, UM, SCATTERED SITE HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A MUCH MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE CITY.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IN SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SPEAKER, CHAIR KING.
MR. KING HARRIS, CHAIR KING, CAN YOU HEAR US? SORRY.
UH, UH, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK CHAIR.
UH, AND, UH, GREETINGS TO THE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE.
I, UH, AM THE CHAIR OF THE CITIZENS HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION, AND I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSAL.
UH, I WILL SAY AND LITTLE ABOUT BY BACKGROUND, I, I, UH, SERVED ON MAYOR ROLLINS HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION, WHERE WE GENERATED A REPORT AFTER ABOUT A YEAR OF RESEARCH.
AND I'LL SAY THAT ONE THING THAT WAS VERY EVIDENT TO US AT THAT TIME, AND STILL CONTINUES TO THIS DAY, IS THE FACT THAT WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SHELTER SPACE AND WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH HOUSING TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE RESPONSE SYSTEM.
UH, THAT CONTINUES TO BE THE CASE, ALTHOUGH WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS AND THAT, AND WE'VE SEEN SOME HISTORIC PARTNERSHIP, UH, IN JUST THE RECENT YEARS THAT, UH, HAS DRIVEN THAT.
ONE THING I I DO WANNA POINT OUT ABOUT THE TRAJECTORY HERE, UH, IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AS COMPARED TO THE NATION, UH, WHEN, IF YOU LOOK AT A PERIOD, SAY FROM 20 2007 TO 2017, FOR EXAMPLE, WE SAW A DECREASE IN HOMELESSNESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND WE SAW A DECREASE IN UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHILE WE SAW A MAJOR INCREASE HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
I THINK THE UNSHELTERED POPULATION INCREASE BY ABOUT 700% DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
UH, THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED, THE INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, UH, IN THE REAL TIME RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM, UH, AND THE LIKE, UH, REPRESENT THE FIRST ELEMENTS THAT HAVE CHANGED THAT TRAJECTORY IN YEARS.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, WE ARE SEEING A DECREASE AS OPPOSED TO AN INCREASE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AND UNDERSTOOD.
UM, AND I WILL SAY THAT THAT'S IN THE FAITH OF THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC, WHICH MOST CERTAINLY DROVE MORE PEOPLE INTO HOMELESSNESS, NOT LESS, UH, AND CREATED NEW AREAS OF HOMELESSNESS WHERE WE HAD PEOPLE WHO WERE GAINFULLY EMPLOYED, HAD AN APARTMENT WHERE WERE SIMPLY PRICED OUT OF THEIR APARTMENT AND COULDN'T AFFORD TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE.
AND SO WHEN YOU SEE, UH, 14% REDUCTION IN UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND, UM, OVERALL PERCENTAGE REDUCTION, THAT'S AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THAT INCREASE CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC PANDEMIC.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND.
UH, SO I GUESS THE, THE, THE MAIN POINT THAT I MAKE WITH THIS IS THAT WE'RE SEEING THE REAL IMPACT OF THIS INVESTMENT, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE.
WE KNOW THAT WE ARE, UH, FAR BEHIND IN TERMS OF THE FULL NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WE NEED TO FACILITATE THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
WE KNOW THAT WE STILL NEED TO INCREASE SHELTER SPACE.
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PLAN TO, UH, UH, DO SO AT THE BRIDGE MAKES PERFECT SENSE AS THE BRIDGE IN, IN MANY WAYS IS A FOUNDATIONAL AND FUNDAMENTAL ASPECT OF OUR RESPONSE SYSTEM.IT HAS BEEN SO FOR QUITE A WHILE.
UM, IN ADDITION, THE REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED AS I LOOK AT THAT PARTICULAR ASPECT, UM, JUST MAKES SENSE AS WE, WE, YOU KNOW, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IS A REALITY THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IN ANY BUILDING THAT THE CITY OWNS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
THE, UH, FUNDING FOR FURTHER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, UH, PARTNERSHIPS, I THINK IS AS CRITICAL AS THE MAINTENANCE OF THE BRIDGE.
UH, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS IN A VACUUM.
WE'RE DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS IN A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A CRISIS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL.
UH, YOU KNOW, QUICK STAT ON TEXAS RIGHT NOW, WE, WELL, I'D SAY AS OF 2021, WE HAD ABOUT 900 WELL OVER 900,000 HOUSEHOLDS THAT WERE EXTREMELY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
UH, THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING THAT WE HAD THAT WAS AFFORDABLE TO, UH, CREATED A SEVERE SHORTAGE AND CONTINUES TO DO SO, UH, TO THE, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT 675,000 UNITS THAT WERE SHORT IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO FACILITATE E L I INCOME RESIDENTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, THAT MEANS 79% OF ELI RENTER HOUSEHOLDS LIVE WITH A SEVERE COST BURDEN AND ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESS.
THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, UH, THE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN WHICH WE'RE DEALING WITH THE OVERALL SITUATION, AND IT HAS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR.
SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO, UH, DIRECTED ACTION AND MAKE FURTHER INVESTMENT TO BE ABLE TO CREATE ENOUGH, UH, HOUSING AND ENOUGH, UH, EMERGENCY SHELTER CAPACITY AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO CONTINUE THE TRAJECTORY THAT HAS JUST BEEN RECENTLY ACCOMPLISHED IN TERMS OF TURNING HOMELESSNESS AROUND AND REDUCING THOSE NUMBERS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS.
UH, AND I WILL SAY THAT WHAT THE CITY IS FOCUSED ON NOW, WHAT THE CITY IS DOING NOW IN TERMS OF ENGAGING ITS UNSHELTERED POPULATION AND GIVING DIRECT PATHWAYS TO HOUSING, UH, IT, IT IS AN EXAMPLE FOR THE NATION, UH, ALONG WITH OTHER PROGRAMS THAT, THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO, UH, SPEAK TO YOU BRIEFLY ABOUT THIS, UH, AND, AND SAY THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRESS OR WE WILL, UH, SEE THE REVERSE RETURN AND UM, IF WE CONTINUE TO DO SO, UH, I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE TRAJECTORY THAT WE JUST STARTED TO SEE OCCUR.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW, SO, UM, I THE SUPPORT OF IONS A CITY PARTNERSHIP, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CONTINUED WITH OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE OWNED? SORRY, TURN OFF FOR A MINUTE.
UM, THE QUESTION WAS, WILL THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE BUILDINGS BE CONTINUED WITH FUTURE BOND DOLLARS? SO BOND DOLLARS ARE FOR BRICKS AND MORTAR.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BUILDINGS THAT WE NOW HAVE, UH, TENANTS WE NOW HAVE VENDORS OR PARTNERS IN, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE BRIDGE.
ONE WILL HAVE OTHERS IN THE FUTURE, UM, AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THEIR NEEDS, UM, NOT NECESSARILY FOR THIS BOND BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE DON'T REALLY MEET THE QUALIFIERS FOR WHAT BOND IS SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR, BUT WE'RE ADDING IT INTO OUR BUDGET.
SO LIKE BUILDING SERVICES NOW THAT WE HAVE BUILDINGS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT O HS HAS NOT HAD BEFORE.
UM, WE HAVE AN ONGOING MAINTENANCE BUDGET AND SO THERE ARE SOME STRUCTURAL REPAIRS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE THIS FUNDING FOR, WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON FOR THE LARGER EXPENSE.
MUCH FIRST REGISTER SPEAKER, SIR, YOU HAVE PAUL QUESTION ARE SO TO WHAT IT IS I SPEAK.
UM, BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, IS UM, CHAIR CAME MENTIONED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BRIDGE CAPACITY TO ME, WE BEGAN AGAIN JUST ABOUT
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FOR US TO BEUM, THAT'S BASICALLY TERMS OF TRUST.
I THINK THE OTHER PIECE IS THAT, UM, FOLKS ON OUR COMMUNITY DESCRIBE WHICH INFORMATION AND THEN FOR THE CITY OF PROUD OF THIS ACCIDENT, ALONG WITH THE SPEAK TO THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS ACROSS, AND THAT IS VERY ALL EXPERIENCE.
IT'S PART OF THAT WE CAN TELL THAT STORY.
THIS IS THE TRAFFIC TO WANT TO CALL THE, TO OUR CONTINU TO WORK THIS TRANSFORMATION HERE IN DALLAS.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS, WHAT WE'RE DESCRIBING, TRANSFORMATION RESPONSES CHANGE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE, THEY, SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT IT IS AN ANSWERS QUESTIONS, UM, AND ALSO NATURE THINGS IN WHAT MOST PHYSICALLY ARE CONCERN ABOUT SHOULD CONCERN.
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY'S AS PHYSICALLY AND THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE CONTINUE TO DELIVER THOSE PROCESSES.
APPRECIATE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MR. MS. BROWN HERE, MR. BROWN.
DID YOU GUYS SAY COMMISSIONER BROWN? YEAH.
HOW ARE YOU? WE'RE READY FOR YOUR SILENCE, MS. BROWNER.
WE GETTING FURTHER COMMENTS? OH NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
ARE YOU, IS THERE ANYONE? NO PROBLEM, THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE YOU ABOUT TO BE HEARD? YES, PLEASE.
I APOLOGIZE THAT MY COMMENTS ARE, I'M NECESSARILY RELATED TO THE PRESENTATION OF
SO THERE'S A FEW PROJECTS I THINK I WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR SPEED ON.
SO ONE COURSES, PREPARE PROGRAMS. I KNOW THE CITY HAS PROVIDED, BUT WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM HAVE SEVERE LIMITATIONS.
THE LIMITATIONS AS TO UH, HOW MANY GRANTS ARE FUNDED, HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY BENEFIT FOODS PROGRAM.
ALSO LIMITATIONS AS TO WHEN PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY APPLY TO THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, THE PRICE UPON WAS NEEDED TO HOPEFULLY PRIORITIZE MORE MONEY FOR,
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UH, THE VARIOUSUM, A LOT OF THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE HELPING CONSERV EXISTING THOUSAND, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT ARE SEEING LOT OF INVESTMENT INCREASED IN COST FUNDING.
AND THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER PROJECT THAT I CAN STILL WANT TO, UH, SPEAK ON
AND THIS ONE HAS THOUGHTS
IT'S UH, ABOUT, AND I KNOW YOU'RE OUT ONE HERE, BUT I'LL, I'LL MAKE, UM, SO THAT SERVICE LIFE, BUT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY CAUSE WE KNOW THAT ARE THE BEST WAYS THAT TRANSPORTATION, UM, THAT THE RIGHT HOUSING IS TO BUILD HOUSING WHERE PEOPLE WANTS.
AND THE ORDER OF THE LIBRARY IS
THAT IS AREA PEOPLE MARKET HAS SHOWN.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO EXPLORE ON THOSE A POSSIBILITY RECONSTRUCTING SOME SORT OF MIX FACILITY ON THAT CITY OF PROPERTY WHERE WE HAVE A FIRST STORY LIBRARY MAYBE LIKE, BUT WE ALSO, UM, AT LEAST FORCEFUL RATES OF, WELL THE CITY CAN GUARANTEED TO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.
UM, AND THIS HAS LOT OF BENEFITS.
THIS IS NOT SOMEBODY THAT HAS TO COME FROM, UM, HOW COME FROM, UH, CURRENT FACILITIES.
SO FACILITIES PORTION BLOCK COME FROM.
UH, SO WE ARE OF SOME DOLLARS FOR THIS.
UM, SO I REALLY WANTED TO PUT THAT ON REAL.
UM, FOR HER PROGRAMS, LIBRARY INSTRUCTION, HOPEFULLY LIBRARY INSTRUCTIONS ALREADY.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING MR. ROTH.
UM, THANK YOU CHAIR, UM, AND OTHER COMMISSIONERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
I'M THE COMMISSION OF DISABILITIES APPOINTED CHAIR, UH, MAYOR JOHNSON.
AND IN REFERENCE TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN ABOUT STAFF, WE HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS SLASH COMMENTS OR STATEMENTS.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT UM, THERE'S A PERCENTAGE IDENTIFIED AND IT IS MOSTLY WOMEN WHO ARE IN THE DI BUT I DON'T SEE THE DATA IN OR THE PERCENTAGES OF THE BREAKDOWN.
IF IT'S 60% WOMEN, 40% WOMEN, AND EVEN MORE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO SAID WOMEN SUCH AS AN AGE GROUP.
ALSO AS MENTIONED OF THE 59.5% OF BLACK MEN WERE THE DATA I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THESE, UH, MEN OR VETERANS AND ARE DISABLED.
THERE'S NO AMOUNT INCLUSIVE INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO THAT.
UM, JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SEE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT IS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOMELESS SOLUTIONS AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES.
AND WHEN YOU MENTIONED OTHER SERVICES, IT SOMEWHAT VAGUE BECAUSE YOU MAY, UM, OFFER HOUSING.
ARE WE OFFERING THE NEED TO DETERMINE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DISABILITIES, WHICH IS A BROAD SPECTRUM? MORE SO SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IF SOMEONE IS, IS DISABLED THAT'S NEEDING HOUSING, UM, THAT WOULD WE WE LOOK AT ACCOMMODATIONS OF THOSE VERY SPECIFIC HOUSING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DISABLED.
NO, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND I'M SORRY WE HAVEN'T MET BEFORE.
UM, NO, UH, THE RACIAL UH, RACIAL AND GENDER BREAKDOWN, UM, IS PART OF OUR POINT IN TIME COUNT.
AND SO I CAN UH, GIVE YOU THAT.
IT'S ON THE HOUSING COURT WEBSITE.
UH, THE DISABILITY, I DON'T THINK WE TRACK THAT CAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE
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NORMALLY TRACK, BUT I'M SURE WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT WITH THAT.UM, AND WE DO KNOW THAT A LARGE PART OF IT.
AND I THINK THE MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND THE COURT CAN'T FORCE SOMEONE TO SAY I HAVE VISIBILITY, BUT YES, THEY DO.
SO YEAH, ME AN EMAIL THAT INFORMATION.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? OKAY, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, UH, STEPHANIE NEEDS TO GET ACCOUNT FORM.
YOU KNOW I SEVEN HERE BEAT US EIGHT.
DO YOU LIKE YOUR OTHER TWO? YOU PARK IN THE GARAGE AND UH, WE'LL HAVE THE BUS WAITING FOR YOU BY THE L ONE.
THE BUS WILL TAKE US FROM HERE.
IF YOU NEED TO SKIP OUT, LEAVE, WE JUST FOLLOW US.
I HAVE AN UPDATED AGENDA THAT, UH, NITA CAN SEND OUT TO YOU GUYS.
COME BACK TO THE BRIDGE, GO TO 41 50 INDEPENDENCE DRIVE FOR TOUR, FOLLOWED BY LUNCH THERE AND OUR LOVELY NEW KITCHEN AND A DINING ROOM.
AND THEN WE'LL GO BY 1950 WHILE WE'RE DONE.
YOU'LL BE BACK HERE BY TWO O'CLOCK.
SO ROUGHLY EIGHT, NINE, MAYBE MAYBE SEND OUT AN EMAIL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WRAP UP? OKAY.