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Housing Commission reviews draft work plan for July 2025–June 2026, highlights wraparound services and tenant-protections training
Summary
Staff presented the draft Housing Commission annual work plan for July 2025–June 2026, required by the Carlsbad Municipal Code. Commissioners discussed removing a veteran-specific homelessness task after progress on project-based VASH vouchers, emphasized wraparound support and requested targeted tenant-protections training.
Christian Gutierrez, Housing Services Manager, presented the draft Housing Commission work plan for July 2025 through June 2026 and asked the commission for feedback and recommendations. Gutierrez said the annual work plan is required under the Carlsbad Municipal Code and that the draft will be revised based on tonight's feedback before returning for future adoption by the City Council.
Gutierrez told commissioners the draft removes a previously listed veteran-specific homelessness task because the city advanced a memorandum of agreement with the County of San Diego on project-based Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers at Windsor Point; that MOA came to the Housing Commission in December 2024 and was approved by the City Council in January 2025. "We'll continue to focus on all homelessness in a broad way, including veteran housing and veteran homelessness," Gutierrez said.
Staff also described a narrowing of the fair-housing work to emphasize education and training on tenant protections rather than a broad fair-housing module, and noted that the five-year Community Development Block Grant consolidated-plan review had been completed and therefore is not listed as a near-term task.
Commissioner Holden spoke from personal and professional experience about the need for wraparound services for people exiting homelessness. "That's why wraparound services are a housing issue, because housing isn't just about moving in. It's about staying in and building life inside," Holden said, and urged the commission to keep supportive services as a central focus of the work plan.
Commissioner Berger asked for examples of "best-practices sessions." Gutierrez said the Legal Aid Society had presented previously and that staff intends future trainings to be more specific and tenant-focused so commissioners can better translate information to constituents and the public. No motion or vote was taken; staff will incorporate feedback and return a revised draft at a future meeting for formal recommendation and subsequent City Council adoption.
