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City and nonprofit leaders cite housing gains since 2021 but warn resources are strained
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City and Housing Forward officials told the Housing and Homeless Solutions Committee that diversion and rehousing efforts have reduced homelessness since 2021, but rising inflow, funding gaps and voucher limits threaten recent progress.
City and Housing Forward officials told the Housing and Homeless Solutions Committee on June 10 that investments in diversion and rehousing since 2021 have reduced the number of people experiencing homelessness on any given night, but officials warned that rising inflow and shrinking short‑term funds have slowed progress in 2025.
Housing Forward President and CEO Sarah Khan said the 2021 system review revealed a “funnel” in which more people were entering homelessness than were exiting, and the city and partners began shifting resources toward low‑cost diversion and rehousing to create faster pathways out of the street and shelter systems. “This is a really light touch, low cost intervention,” Khan said of diversion, which places specialists at shelter intake to help people return to family or alternative housing with short‑term flexible assistance.
The committee heard that the combined changes have led to consecutive annual reductions in the point‑in‑time measure that counts people experiencing homelessness on a given night and that the system has housed nearly 16,000…
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