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San Jose council backs expanded oversight, dashboard for interim housing grants
Summary
The council unanimously approved staff recommendations and a group memo to extend interim-housing grant agreements through June 30, 2026, while directing staff to accelerate cost-saving measures and create a public dashboard showing utilization and exit outcomes.
San Jose City Council on Dec. 16 approved a package of staff recommendations and a council's group memo aimed at moving the city's emergency interim housing system from rapid expansion to operational optimization.
The measures extend existing grant agreements for homeless-response programs through June 30, 2026, and ask staff to prioritize cost reductions in areas such as centralized food services, security and property management. Eric Sullivan, the city's Director of Housing, said the city has identified savings of about 20% in security…
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