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Committee hears shelter-cost analysis and HUD NOFO legal uncertainty that could threaten CoC funding
Summary
Committee received a THA shelter analysis showing case management can reduce length of stay and save local dollars, and heard that HUD’s 2025 NOFO and subsequent lawsuits have caused CoCs to pause applications; Tompkins risks losing an estimated $800,000 of HUD supportive-housing funding under the new priority structure.
Tompkins County’s Human Services Committee received an extended briefing Dec. 15 on shelter costs, case management and federal Continuum-of-Care (CoC) funding uncertainty following recent HUD changes.
A shelter analysis reviewed nine months of 2025 data (Jan–Sept) and reported an average length of stay for adults of about 81 days. Presenters estimated that local costs for a senior caseworker are roughly $54,000 and argued that reducing length of stay (for example, from 80 to 70 days) through case management produces net savings…
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