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Shared-housing pilot shows early placements; committee asks for per-person monthly cost and longer financial detail
Summary
Townspeople presented results from a shared-housing pilot that has moved dozens of people into stabilized housing; city leaders asked for clear per-adult-month cost metrics and consolidated financial reporting before expanding the program.
Brenda Viveros, program lead for the Townspeople shared-housing pilot, reported year-to-date outcomes and said the program had placed households into shared and master-leased units while providing stabilization services and rental-assistance subsidies.
Viveros said that from July 2024 through July 2025 the navigation and housing activities served 59 adults and 8 children across 50 households (67 total people served). She reported 9 master-leased units in the current portfolio and that overall retention in shared-housing placements was high: Viveros said about 80% of clients remained housed in the program and the program recorded 100% positive exits among the small number of closures in stabilization during the month displayed.
Why the committee pressed for financial detail: committee members and the mayor asked for a simple, auditable breakdown of spending: total city dollars spent on the pilot, total months of rental assistance provided ("housing-unit months"), and average city subsidy per adult per month. The mayor said that data will determine whether the city should scale the model and cited shared housing as a potentially efficient way to increase housing capacity while keeping costs controllable.
Viveros presented a summary slide of average rental-assistance requests per household and average subsidy levels. Committee members asked staff to follow up with a clean per-adult-per-month figure and a total program expenditure for the pilot's operating period; Townspeople agreed to provide that breakdown. Committee members emphasized they wanted the information in advance of the committee's next workshop so the council can assess scaling options.
Program structure and outcomes: Townspeople described the program trajectory as intake/navigation, placement into shared housing (including master leases where Townspeople is the lessee), and stabilization support (weekly to monthly case management). Viveros said stabilization specialists meet with households to implement individualized housing support plans and that many participants were working or receiving Social Security benefits.
Ending: Townspeople will return with the requested per-adult-per-month cost, total months of assisted housing and the total city expenditure for the program period. The committee signaled support for the pilot's goals but asked for clearer financial and performance transparency before authorizing expansion.
