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Oversight committee: Metro supportive-housing fund expanded services but gaps remain in permanent housing placements
Summary
Metro officials and the Supportive Housing Services Oversight Committee told the Clackamas County Board on March 20 that fiscal-year 2023–24 spending scaled up rapidly but that the region is not yet creating enough permanent supportive-housing units to match rising demand.
Metro officials and the Supportive Housing Services (SHS) Oversight Committee presented a third annual regional report to the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners on March 20, saying the program scaled quickly in fiscal year 2023–24 but still faces gaps in permanent supportive housing supply and regional data alignment.
Yesenia Delgado, manager for Metro’s Supportive Housing Services, and the oversight committee’s co-chairs, Mike Savara and Dr. Mandrill Taylor, summarized regional spending, provider networks and oversight recommendations. The committee reported that the three counties together received about $309.8 million in SHS tax collections for implementation, and that Clackamas County’s share was about $66.1 million (21.3 percent). The committee said program spending roughly doubled from year two to year three and that counties…
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