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Supervisors press city on navigation-center outcomes, housing exits and 60-day stays
Summary
At a committee hearing, the Department of Homelessness and supportive agencies defended the navigation-center model while supervisors pressed for data on exits to permanent housing, use of 60-day bed limits and neighborhood impacts. City staff said housing supply, not shelter policy alone, limits longer stays and exits.
Supervisor Emily Cohen and others used a February hearing to probe whether the city—s navigation-center model is producing housing exits, which clients use what services, and how the centers affect host neighborhoods.
Jeff Kositsky of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing told the committee the city shelters about 7,000 people a year and helps roughly 2,000 people exit homelessness annually through a mix of permanent supportive housing, Homeward Bound and rapid rehousing. He emphasized that nav centers are only one component of a broader system: they are service-enriched, allow pets and possessions and aim to be lower-barrier than large congregate shelters. Kositsky said nav centers cost about $90—$95 per bed per night — higher than many shelters — because of staffing and services.
Kositsky explained the current approach: some nav center beds are short-term emergency beds (7…
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