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DHS shelter census growth and housing placement challenges
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Council Member Ayala addresses the increasing Department of Homeless Services (DHS) shelter census and the challenges in moving residents to permanent housing.
- Over 85,000 individuals in DHS shelters as of February, with nearly a third being asylum seekers
- Shelter exits to permanent housing increased in FY25, but so did the overall shelter census
- Call for acceleration of subsidized housing placements to decrease shelter population
- Emphasis on the need to significantly reduce the number of people living in the city's shelter system
Diana Ayala
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DHS shelter census continues to grow.
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At the February, there were over approximately 85,000 individuals in DHS shelters, nearly a third of them asylum seekers.
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While shelter exits to permanent housing did increase in fiscal year twenty twenty five, so did the shelter census and the process for subsidized housing placements must be accelerated in order to significantly decrease the number of people living in our city's shelter system.