DEPARTMENT: Neighborhood and Housing Services, Department of Human Services, and Metro Health
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Ver?nica R. Soto, AICP, Melody Woosley and Dawn Emerick
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Housing Security Pillar Strategies
SUMMARY:
Briefing and possible action on the implementation plans for various strategies included in the Housing Security pillar of the COVID-19 Recovery and Resiliency Plan.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
City Council approved the COVID 19 Recovery and Resiliency Plan for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on June 4, 2020. The plan was developed around the five Guiding Principles of: 1) Public Health and Safety; 2) Equity; 3) Braided Funding; 4) Community Resilience and 5) Well-being.
The work is comprised of four pillars: Workforce Development, Housing Security, Small Business Support, and Digital Inclusion. Each of the four pillars was assigned to a City Council Committee. The Council Committee will review the implementation plans for each strategy in their assigned pillar. The Culture and Neighborhood Services Committee will review the Housing Security Pillar. The approved budget for the Housing Security Pillar is $50.5 Million. The strategies included in this pillar include:
* Fair-housing Counseling Center and Family Resource Center will provide assistance to an estimated 10,000 residents at a budgeted amount of $27.9 million
* Virtual and place-based financial recovery hub to serve approximately 6,500 residents in the amount of $4 million;
* Family Independence Initiative, Up Together investment for 1,000 families in the amount of $4 million;
* Program to connect up to 700 residents to low cost products in the amount of $120,000;
* A door-to-door engagement initiative to help educate marginalized and vulnerable populations about COVID-19 -related resources in the amount of $500,000;
* Digital Referral Platform for Joint Case Management in the amount of $1.5 million;
* Homeless shelter options with se...
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