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City staff brief committee on temporary safe‑stay area, safe parking grants and shelter funding shifts
Summary
City staff updated the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee on houselessness response: point‑in‑time counts, a temporary safe‑stay area (TSSA) at Juniper Ridge, safe parking and pod grants, and a shift toward regional administration of some shelter funding.
City of Bend houselessness staff told the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee that the City will continue to support shelter and safe‑parking programs while pivoting some funding administration to regional partners, and staff provided updated point‑in‑time and grant allocation figures.
Amy Fraley, senior program manager for Houselessness Solutions, opened the update and introduced Brooke Hokey, shelter coordinator, who presented annual point‑in‑time methodology and counts: ‘‘The point in time count is conducted every year on a single night in January. And it measures the number of people experiencing sheltered and unsheltered houselessness in Central Oregon,’’ Hokey said. Staff noted limitations of the count as a single‑night snapshot and said regional data showed 1,811 people experiencing homelessness in Central Oregon in 2024, a 10% regional increase over 2023, and 959 people in Bend (a 5%…
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