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City plan to stand up Department of Homeless Services aims to house 8,000 over four years
Summary
Sam Dodge presented plans for a Department of Homeless Services to centralize homelessness efforts, citing goals to end homelessness for 8,000 people in four years, a recent nearly $31 million HUD award, a $241 million homelessness spending distribution, and system improvements including coordinated entry, a client database and weekly dashboards to track point‑in‑time counts.
Sam Dodge told the Budget and Finance Committee that the mayor and Human Services Agency are advancing a proposal to create a separate Department of Homeless Services to centralize programs now spread across city agencies. Dodge said the new department would coordinate prevention, street outreach, navigation centers, transitional housing, rapid rehousing and permanent supportive housing.
"The basic idea is to end the homelessness for 8,000 people over the next 4 years," Dodge said, and added that the plan emphasizes housing‑first, trauma‑informed…
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