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Supervisors urge new homelessness department to adopt a five‑year strategy as director previews framework
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee advanced a resolution asking the new Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to adopt a five‑year plan. Director Jeff Kositzky previewed a data‑driven strategic framework that centers coordinated entry, a single data system and measurable targets, with a draft planned for February and public release by April 2017.
Chair Mark Farrell introduced a resolution urging the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) to adopt a five‑year plan as the city seeks a more unified approach to rising homelessness. "Our city has a homelessness crisis," Farrell said, citing the 2015 point‑in‑time count of 6,686 people and arguing the city needs a single written strategy and measurable goals.
HSH Director Jeff Kositzky, who the chair invited to present, described the proposal as a strategic framework rather than a fixed plan and said the department is “trying to build the airplane while we’re flying it.” He told the committee the department is roughly 100 days old, has helped reunify more than 500 people through Homeward Bound, placed nearly 600 people in permanent supportive housing, opened a navigation center and has others in development. Kositzky said staff…
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