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Nathan Scarlett, outreach specialist with People Loving Nashville, told the council he first met Tanya and Lee in 2022 after they became unhoused following the death of a family member and subsequent housing instability. The couple moved several times while living outside; Scarlett said he reconnected with them repeatedly, built trust and provided casework and referrals.

Scarlett said the couple’s encampment was destroyed by the Dec. 9, 2023 EF-2 tornado that affected Madison and nearby areas, compounding their instability. Tanya entered a supported employment and mental-health treatment track with Park Center; she later applied for and received disability benefits. Scarlett said paperwork and program steps took time: Tanya and Lee were determined eligible for a Section 8-type assistance pathway and ultimately moved into housing on Aug. 7, 2024.

Tanya addressed the council and described the practical hurdles of moving from tent living into an apartment: deposits, pet fees and trauma from extended outdoor living. “You don't realize just how hard it is when you're out there to get that first, last month's rent and deposits,” she said. She described health scares while living outdoors and said having an emotional-support dog increased move-in costs but was important to her stability.

The case highlights outreach persistence, multiple-service coordination — including Park Center and SOAR disability application support — and the time it can take for a household to move from initial outreach to stable housing. Nathan Scarlett said the pair’s VASPeR/VI-SPDAT vulnerability score increased over time and that sustained engagement and referrals ultimately produced a durable housing outcome.

What’s next: Staff cited the case as an example of the time and cross-agency work required to move households from unsheltered situations into permanent housing, and encouraged continued investment in coordinated-entry and outreach capacity.

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Participants reviewed a packet of documents including attendance records, feedback gathered from a general-membership exercise, the original ordinance that established the council, and the November legislation that made Metro Council appointees nonvoting members of the HPC. Metro Legal staff said the November change removed voting privileges for the three Metro Council members who serve on the body; mayoral appointees retain voting rights. The legal office also explained that the Homeless Planning Council is established in Metro code (section references discussed included 2.144.020 and 2.144.040), and that the council is not labeled a “board or commission” under the code but remains a metropolitan administrative council.

Staff and members said the push to consider downsizing originates in HUD technical assistance and a community assessment noting multiple committees, stretched member capacity and inconsistent quorum. Raquel, speaking for the collaborative applicant, summarized that downsizing initial recommendations stemmed from HUD technical assistance and subsequent community feedback; attendees noted a history of attendance challenges and one meeting in 2024 where the council lacked quorum.

Council members voiced competing concerns: several urged a smaller, more efficient body to improve decision-making and attendance, while others cautioned that reducing size could shrink representation of key sectors and risk federal perception, because HUD technical assistance had driven some recommendations. Members also discussed procedural options — whether to pursue legislative changes by attrition, by replacement, or via an administrative bill initiated by the mayor’s office. Staff described a proposed timeline: a half-day retreat in early February followed by a March workshop with general membership to finalize recommendations for any ordinance changes and to prepare materials for Metro Council if needed.

“Attendance is the biggest factor,” Raquel said, noting exercises and a July feedback session that captured member views on representation and committee consolidation. Metro Legal indicated clean-up of ordinance language would likely come as an administrative bill from the mayor’s office if the council agrees on the changes.

What’s next: Council leadership and staff will workshop downsizing options at a February retreat and aim to convene combined meetings in March to prepare recommendations that could require ordinance amendments. Staff said they will gather additional best-practice examples and the expected governance consequences of specific downsizing choices to inform that process.

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Director April Calvin told the council that the office operated an extended cold-weather overflow shelter for the first time under Metro direction, sheltering for 15 days with an average of about 200 individuals per night and extended morning hours during the week. The shelter team has recorded 11 guests moving into permanent housing during the 15-day stretch; Calvin noted those relocations likely reflected existing service connections in several cases.

Calvin said the office has integrated cold-weather shelter data into HMIS for the first time and highlighted several findings from early entries: the average age of people served is 48, 93% self-reported at least one disabling condition, and about 44% of guests were not connected to any other service provider. She said the office is partnering with the health department, which provided opioid-abatement funds to add staff capacity for triage and coordinated entry.

The low-barrier housing inventory tool now called PAD Mission lists 327 locations in the community that may accept people experiencing homelessness; Calvin reported the platform shows about 728 vacant units at the time of reporting. On affordable housing development, she said the Metro affordable gap loan ($25,000,000) has been fully expended across 10 developers and has produced 930 units, of which 182 units are dedicated to people experiencing homelessness (the initial goal had been 120 dedicated units).

Calvin also updated the council on an interim housing procurement for the Roadway Inn site. She said negotiations narrowed a recent RFP round to three organizations — Launchpad, CCF (mobile housing navigation), and Hospitality Hub (Memphis-based) — and that Metro Legal is processing contracts for council or Metro Council action. She said staff will push for the related legislation to go to Metro Council on Jan. 21.

Public comment earlier in the meeting raised questions about “pods” (temporary pod-style units). Deedee Byrd, a Davidson County resident, asked how the community could track the movement of pod sites and what the next steps are for people who refuse conventional shelter offers. Director Calvin deferred to the Office of Homeless Services and Metro Legal, telling Byrd she would follow up and provide more information when available.

HMIS staff reported broader system data: in December 2024 HMIS recorded 3,098 people experiencing homelessness that month (2,640 households, including 245 families and 344 children). For the calendar year 2024, HMIS recorded 10,874 unique people experiencing homelessness and 1,912 unduplicated people housed. Of those housed in 2024, 47% exited from places not meant for habitation and 32% from emergency shelters.

Calvin and HMIS staff said more detail is available in the meeting packet and encouraged council members to contact staff with follow-up questions about inventory counts, PAD Mission reporting and the Roadway Inn procurement.

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The methodology sets Jan. 23, 2025, as the PIT date with a Jan. 30 backup and calls for canvassing everyone sleeping outside across the county. The council will use the Hyperion mobile app for collection; staff said Hyperion was chosen after consultations with other continua that praised its mapping and team coordination features. The methodology includes training requirements for team leads, two mandatory Narcan trainings, and a plan to transport volunteers or participants to the Metro cold-weather shelter if it is open on the night of the count.

Why it matters: HUD requires jurisdictions to conduct a PIT count in the last 10 days of January. The chosen methodology — a citywide, complete census with digital mapping and team coordination — shapes resource allocation, federal reporting and how service providers identify hot spots for outreach during the year.

Council members and staff described the operational and privacy safeguards that will govern the count. Nathan Scarlett, outreach specialist with People Loving Nashville and a PIT subcommittee lead, said the teams will ask about housing acceptability and a limited set of additional questions, and that data collected through Hyperion will be subject to the same privacy and security standards that govern the jurisdiction’s Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).

“We have about 20 team leads and more than 100 team members,” Nathan Scarlett said. “We’re doing a complete census; everyone sleeping outside will be counted or surveyed, and if the cold-weather shelter is open we’ll have transportation available to offer it that night.”

The motion to approve the methodology was moved by Jamie Villegas and seconded by Jaha Martin; the council chair announced the motion passed unanimously.

What’s next: Staff will finalize volunteer rosters, publish training dates and coordinate Hyperion access and privacy compliance ahead of Jan. 23. The PIT count results will be used in local planning and HUD reporting.

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