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Citizens Without Homes November 7, 2017 From Intervention to Permanent Residency, A Shared Service Opportunity

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Panelists Katherine Mason, Innovation Manager, City of San Antonio’s Office of Innovation, TX Lisa Varon, Senior Development Margaret Willis, Analyst, City of Santa Monica’s Housing Human Services Division, CA Administrator, City of Santa Monica, CA

Q& A Katherine Mason, Innovation Manager, City of San Antonio’s Office of Innovation, TX

Innovations to Address Homelessness

Presented by CITY OF SANTA MONICA HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION HOUSING DIVISION HOUSING AUTHORITY Lisa Varon and Margaret Willis

Santa Monica 2017 Count Results: 921 921 915 780 769 742 740 742 738 728

GUIDING PRINCIPLES Prioritize the most vulnerable/highest users Comprehensive infrastructure Field-based care Flexible funding Align resources

• Expensive Interventions CHALLENGES TO • Lower Program Capacity PRIORITIZING HIGH NEED INDIVIDUALS • Landlord Retention and Relations

• Case coordination monthly • Bi-weekly coordination STRATEGIES: with first responders Relentless • Daily in-custody list Coordination • Contracts include HMIS ID's for priority participants

• Homeless Community Court​ STRATEGIES: • "Stacking" Cases​ Justice Involved Individuals • Coordinated Joint Outreach • Data Sharing App

• Tenant Protections / Legal Services​ STRATEGIES: • Eviction Prevention Homeless Funds​ Prevention • Senior Housing Task Force

C HALLENGES IN H OUSING P EOPLE W HO ARE H OMELESS IN S ANTA M ONICA : • Tight housing market with high rents • Displacement • Small pool of landlords • Discrimination toward S8 voucher holders • Barriers to being housed – stigmas and personal backgrounds

• Vacancy decontrol and demand are increasing rents. Initial median rents are up 3.1% to 16.1% from 2014 to 2016: 0 BR - $1,800 1 BR - $2,195 2 BR - $2,950 3 BR - $3,712 • Landlords are selling or redeveloping or HOUSING trying to increase cash flow CHALLENGES • Landlords refuse voucher holders • Landlords do not want tenants who may have difficulties

T RADITIONAL S TRATEGIES • Service Provider Collaboration – Continuum of Care • Pair Housing Trust Fund Loans with Housing Vouchers

H OUSING C HALLENGES IN CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM S ANTA M ONICA : • Tight housing market with high rents • Chronically Homeless • On Service Registry • Displacement • Became homeless in Santa Monica • Small pool of landlords • Referred by one of three service • Discrimination toward S8 voucher providers through the Coordinated holders Entry System (CES) • Barriers to being housed – stigmas and personal backgrounds

I NNOVATIVE S TRATEGIES F OR H OUSING • Landlord Liaison • On-Staff LCSW • COC Graduate Model • Preserving Our Diversity (POD) pilot • Landlord Incentives • Source of Income Ordinance • Increase Payment Standard

LCSW & LANDLORD Support resident • Provide customer service INNOVATIVE • Resolve conflicts • STRATEGIES – Identify resources • Staff Liaisons Connect and convene •

COC Graduates program creates a • match for service needs in supportive housing INNOVATIVE POD program helps long-term • STRATEGIES – New senior renters with low Housing Models administrative burdens

OWNER INCENTIVES A PROPERTY OWNER INCENTIVE PILOT PROGRAM

A SIGNING BONUS OF $5,000 Available to owners of non-deed restricted, rent-controlled apartments who lease a vacant apartment to a new Santa Monica housing voucher holder PARTICIPATING • A signing bonus of $5,000 • Loss mitigation LANDLORDS • Dedicated staff support WILL RECEIVE OWNERS CAN LIST THEIR VACANT APARTMENTS AT NO COST CALL US TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN PARTNER UP WITH US AND HELP YOUR COMMUNITY 310.458.8743

• Santa Monica Municipal Code section 4.28.030 to prohibit housing discrimination based on the source of INNOVATIVE a tenant's income STRATEGIES – Source • Section 4.28.060 to increase the of Income Ordinance penalties for housing discrimination violations, and to add injunctive relief to the civil remedies.

YOU CAN ALSO FIND US ONLINE AT: SMGOV.NET/HOUSING SMGOV.NET/HOMELESSNESS

Q& A Katherine Mason, Innovation Manager, City of San Antonio’s Office of Innovation, TX Lisa Varon, Senior Development Margaret Willis, Analyst, City of Santa Monica’s Housing Human Services Division, CA Administrator, City of Santa Monica, CA

Webinar Resources Questions? Need Handout Copies? Contact Ryan Spillers at rspillers@transformgov.org

Save the Date! Upcoming learning events: http://transformgov.org/en/calendar - Suggestion Box 2.0: Soliciting & Amplifying Staff Insights On 11/28 - Managers Forum: Innovation in the Field with Veteran City Webinars Manager Peggy Merriss on 12/7 - Workforce of the Future Workshop – FL on 1/11/2018 Workshops - Workforce of the Future Workshop - CA on 1/18/2018

Citizens Without Homes Thank you for joining us today!