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County staff outlines parallel five‑year local homeless housing plan and public engagement timeline
Summary
Clark County staff reported on a separate five‑year local homeless housing plan required by the state, described steering‑committee membership, data sources (HMIS) and a public engagement schedule leading to county approval and state submission in late 2025.
Clark County staff updated the Urban County Policy Board on a required five‑year local homeless housing plan being developed for submission to the state. Michael Torres, Clark County Community Services, said the plan is a distinct, parallel process to the HUD consolidated plan and will govern state and local homeless funding and reporting.
Torres said the county has convened a steering committee that includes designated stakeholders and that the consulting firm Eco Northwest is supporting the plan’s development. The plan will inventory current funding (including county receipts of House Bill 1406 funds, the mental health sales tax and property levies), estimate emergency housing needs over five years using HMIS and other data, and set prioritization criteria for any capital projects. Public engagement will include focus groups and compensated participation by people with lived experience.
The local plan will be briefed to community stakeholders and then approved by the county council before it is submitted to the state in December; reporting on the plan will begin in December 2025. Torres said one focus of the plan is strengthening the homeless‑service workforce — citing high turnover at local providers — and improving prioritization so limited resources reach people with greatest barriers to housing stability.
Board members asked whether the funding inventory includes city receipts; Torres said the plan primarily catalogs county resources, though some county funds (for example HB 1406) may have city components. He also confirmed that most publicly funded homelessness services in Clark County report through the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), which staff use to estimate needs.
Ending: The steering committee will continue meetings from June through October with focused community outreach; county council approval is expected in the late fall, and the plan will be submitted to the state by December 2025.
