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File ID: 2023-00435 7/25/2023 Discussion Item 32.
City-County Affordable Housing Plan Workshop
File ID: 2023-00435
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Receive and provide direction.
Contact: La Shelle Dozier, Executive Director, (916) 440-1319, [email protected]; Christine Weichert, Director of Development Finance, (916) 440-1353, [email protected], Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
Presenter: Christine Weichert, Director of Development Finance, (916) 440-1353, [email protected], Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
Additional Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The crisis of unsheltered homelessness impacts our entire community, including those experiencing homelessness and the broader community of housed residents, businesses, and neighborhoods. Over the past several years, the City and County have made significant investments to increase the availability of shelter, services, and permanent housing for people and families experiencing homelessness. Yet, despite these efforts, homelessness and its impacts continue to rise.
According to the 2022 Point in Time Homeless Count released by the Sacramento County Continuum of Care (CoC), there were 9,278 individuals experiencing homelessness in the County of Sacramento, an increase of 67 percent since 2019.
As the City and County have a mutual desire to improve coordination and combine efforts to move individuals out of homelessness, a Partnership Agreement was executed on January 25, 2023 to coordinate homeless related activities. Key provisions of the agreement include:
File ID: 2023-00435 7/25/2023 Discussion Item 32.
· Outline of roles and responsibilities of each agency
· Key provisions of the Emergency Shelter and Enforcement Act of 2022 · Shared commitment to the Sacramento Local Homeless Action Plan · Provisions for accountability and measuring progress with reports in open session to both the City Council and Board of Supervisors every six months · Implements a five-year term with annual updates
The Partnership Agreement also provides that the City and County work together to “aggressively meet the permanent supportive and affordable housing needs identified in the Local Homeless Action Plan. Within 180 days of the effective date of this Agreement, the City and County will finalize an Affordable Housing Plan that follows the strategies outlined in the Local Homeless Action Plan to increase permanent housing opportunities.” Staff from the City, County, the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA), and Sacramento Steps Forward (SSF) have been meeting for the past few months to draft an Affordable Housing Plan (AHP). A workshop to review preliminary findings and obtain feedback will be held at the Board of Supervisors on July 25, 2023. Staff plans to present a final version of the plan to both the City and County on August 22, 2023.
Policy Considerations: This workshop is in response to the requirements of the Local Homeless Action Plan approved by the City Council on June 28, 2022 and the City and County Partnership agreement which was approved by the City Council on December 6, 2022 and executed on January 23, 2023.
Economic Impacts: Not applicable.
Environmental Considerations: Not applicable.
Sustainability: Not applicable.
Commission/Committee Action: A workshop regarding this item was held at the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency Commission meeting on June 21, 2023.
Rationale for Recommendation: Not applicable.
Financial Considerations: Not applicable.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.