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City hears HSH budget plan to acquire supportive housing and expand vouchers; oversight panel urges different allocations
Summary
HSH proposed roughly $1.27 billion over two years for acquisitions, 906 new housing choice vouchers, expanded subsidies and emergency shelter. The Our City, Our Home oversight committee urged set‑asides for non‑SIP hotel residents, bridge housing and emergency hotel vouchers; supervisors pressed HSH about safe‑sleep costs and targeting.
Shereen McSpadden, director of the Department of Homelessness & Supportive Housing, presented the mayor’s homelessness proposal, describing a two‑year package that would fund acquisitions of permanent supportive housing (roughly 800–1,000 units), expand flex subsidy pools by about 1,500 units, provide medium‑term subsidies and implement 906 new Housing Choice Vouchers. McSpadden said the combined investments would enable up to 2,500–3,000 new placements and support housing stability for roughly 8,000 households.
The plan also funds expanded emergency shelter models, two additional safe‑parking sites, continued safe‑sleep operations with temporary noncongregate shelter capacity and the purchase of…
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