Ventura County officials present progress, new funding pipeline in homelessness plan update

Ventura County officials on Oct. 21 told the Board of Supervisors that the county’s multi-agency homelessness plan has produced measurable reductions in homelessness and moved a substantial pipeline of housing toward construction while expanding outreach and behavioral-health supports.

County Executive Officer Kimberly Albers and Tracy McCauley, the county’s housing solutions director, told supervisors the county’s coordinated response produced an 18.5% decline in the point-in-time homeless count between the 2024 and 2025 counts and added 594 new permanent housing units since the plan’s launch. McCauley said 307 of those are permanent supportive housing units for people experiencing homelessness and that the county now has more than 850 units in the development pipeline.

Why it matters: County leaders said the reductions and the housing pipeline reflect a regional approach that pairs housing production with outreach, mental-health services and coordinated enforcement to clear encampments while offering services. Officials cautioned that state and federal funding is tightening and that new state directives could change program rules. They said next steps…