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Shelter exit strategies and housing stability programs
3:02:20
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Commissioner Park outlines various tools and programs used to promote housing stability and facilitate shelter exits for homeless individuals and families.
- One-time rental assistance: $540 million spent last year
- Homebase program for customized assistance
- Right to Counsel program for legal representation in housing court
- City FHEPS vouchers: about one-third going to people in the community to prevent homelessness
- Emphasis on increasing the number of subsidized exits from the shelter system
Gale A. Brewer
3:02:20
Right.
3:02:21
I think you talked about how you're prioritizing shelter exits and you're proud of it and you should be.
3:02:26
But how do you keep people in their homes?
3:02:28
Some of these innovative programs that you spoke about earlier would be some examples.
3:02:32
Is that how you would answer that?
Molly Wasow Park
3:02:34
Yeah.
3:02:35
I mean I think there's a number of tools that we have to promote housing stability.
3:02:41
The one time rental assistance is a big one.
3:02:44
Last year
Gale A. Brewer
3:02:44
I'm very good at one shots.
Molly Wasow Park
3:02:46
Thank you.
3:02:48
We spent last year about $540,000,000 on one shots last year.
3:02:54
Homebase is a piece of it.
3:02:55
Homebase allows for a little bit more customization of what people need.
3:02:59
The right to counsel is a piece of it.
3:03:02
As I mentioned, about a third of the city FEPS vouchers are going to people who are in community.
3:03:07
So making sure that we are promoting housing stability is absolutely something that is important to us.