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HSH director defends January PIT count, outlines outreach gains and HAP5 spending priorities
Summary
San Franciscos Department of Homelessness & Supportive Housing clarified its January point-in-time count methodology, reported increased outreach and housing placements, and outlined a proposed Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention (HAP5) spending plan focused on shelter capacity and continuing operations at several navigation centers.
San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing Executive Director Shereen McSpadden told the Homeless Oversight Commission on March 21 that the department reviewed four Tenderloin routes in the January point-in-time (PIT) count and ultimately used the original visual-count methodology in line with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development guidance.
McSpadden said HSH revisited a small subset of routes to verify proper conduct and that concerns about movement and de-duplication led staff not to use second-night counts. "By utilizing the original visual count data, our methodology is in…
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