STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Housing & Homelessness Solutions
AGENDA DATE: October 26, 2022
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Homeless Solutions
EXECUTIVE: Kimberly Bizor Tolbert
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) the City Manager to amend Resolution No. 18-1158, previously approved on August 22, 2018 to include approval of the FOUR-TRACK STRATEGY proposed by Office of Homeless Solutions, implement track one (Increase Shelter Capacity - expand capacity of existing providers through contracted pay to stay shelter beds); and (2) adopt or approve the proposed updates as presented to the Housing & Homelessness Solutions Committee on September 29, 2022 - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
Established on October 1, 2017, the Office of Homeless Solutions (OHS) prevents and intervenes in homelessness by combating the complexity of homelessness with effective and efficient solutions. The City of Dallas has intensified its longstanding efforts to assist and serve persons experiencing homelessness, reduce the number of persons experiencing homelessness, and reduce the impacts of homelessness on communities and businesses in Dallas.
OHS has collaborated with the Citizen Homelessness Commission (CHC) to establish the Homeless Solution Strategy, which currently consists of the following four tracks: Track 1 - Increase Shelter Capacity; Track 2 - Temporary Shelter Centers; Track 3 - Master Lease/Landlord Incentive Program; and Track 4 - Bond Implementation. OHS is also coordinating with the Dallas Area Partnership as it relates to Track 4 (Bond Implementation) to lead the financial support and investment strategy to increase supportive housing and wraparound services.
In 2018, OHS briefed City Council via memorandum on a proposed Homeless Solutions Strategy to address homelessness in the City of Dallas. In this proposal, four tracks are used as a framework to provide habitable ...
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