Oversight committee reviews final OCO spending plan; members press for timelines and clarity on RV-focused rapid rehousing

The Our City, Our Home (OCO) budget for the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) was presented Sept. 25 to the oversight committee, with HSH staff detailing a two-year spending plan and line-item additions approved during the Board of Supervisors’ phase of the budget.

“My name is Reina McKinnon. I’m the Our City Our Home budget manager for HSH, and today I’ll be presenting on the final approved OCO budget for FY '25-'26 and FY '26-'27,” HSH budget manager Reina McKinnon said as she opened the department’s presentation. McKinnon said the adopted HSH portion of the OCO fund totals $463,000,000 for FY 2025–26 and $320,000,000 for FY 2026–27, and that the package includes $104,000,000 in new programming over the two-year window.

The presentation enumerated major new investments added during Board phase: roughly $46.9 million for new rapid-rehousing and shallow subsidy programs across populations (including 130 family rapid-rehousing slots and allocations to support family and adult rapid rehousing), $31.8 million to fund…