Projects funded already to date:
- Acquisition of 5 buildings, over 700 housing units of permanent supportive housing
- Short and long term rental subsidies for over 1700 adults, youth & families
- Over 130 new substance use disorder & mental health beds
- 7 street crisis response teams including an overdose prevention team working with individuals living on the street, in shelters and supportive housing
- Over 520 emergency shelter placements including safe sleep sites, vehicle triage center and non-congregate hotel rooms
- 2800 shallow subsidies and eviction prevention assistance including a right to an attorney when facing an eviction
However, while most of those solutions were budgeted and approved in 2021, many of those subsidies and newly acquired housing units are being allocated to those in need just now. Department staffing challenges and time consuming placement processes have led to fewer than 100 people being housed each month according to the city released data on its online dashboards: https://hsh.sfgov.org/about/research-and-reports/hrs-data/ That has led to some advocates calling on the city to accelerate housing placements especially as Shelter in Placement hotels have closed, sometimes with fewer than a third receiving a permanent housing placement.
The 2022 budget which is set to be approved in a few weeks adds some additional supports for elevator and building repair in the city’s older stock of permanent housing. And it adds more treatment beds, funds housing subsidies for Trans community members and cost of living adjustments for existing program staff to aid in recruitment and retention. The Haight may also get transitional housing for transitional age youth that Supervisor Preston championed with an ordinance passed earlier this year.