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Sen. Blake Spear’s SB 16 pushes state assessment, 10-year plan to end unsheltered homelessness
Summary
Sen. Catherine Blake Spear told the Senate Housing Committee SB 16 will be amended to focus on unsheltered homelessness and would require a statewide assessment and long-range plan with funding tools aimed at reaching functional zero for unsheltered people within 10 years.
Sen. Catherine Blake Spear opened the Senate Housing Committee hearing on SB 16 by saying the bill will be amended to include the word “unsheltered” and asked the committee to prioritize getting people off the streets and into interim and permanent housing.
The bill would direct the state to conduct a needs assessment and develop a long-range plan with funding tools to end unsheltered homelessness in 10 years. “Housing solves homelessness,” Sen. Blake Spear said, calling for both a finish line and the steps necessary to reach it. She urged investment in interim, non‑congregate, quickly‑scalable housing types, saying those options have higher transition rates to permanent housing than street living or…
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