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2024-08-04 08:34:33 UTC
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) Mayor London Breed issued a Journey Home
executive directive on Thursday vowing to prioritize relocation support
that will move more people experiencing homelessness, or suffering from
drug addiction, out of San Francisco.
The directive requires all city departments and staff to offer relocation
services before providing any other city services, including housing and
shelter.
Journey Home offers travel assistance and temporary shelter for people
experiencing homelessness and people with substance use disorders.
The Citys 2024 Point-in-Time homeless census found that San Francisco is
experiencing an influx of people who are moving into the city with nowhere
to live.
Of the unsheltered people surveyed as part of the 2024 PIT Count in San
Francisco:
40% responded that they arrived from another California county, or out of
state up from 28% in 2019.
37% said they had been living in San Francisco for less than a year when
they became homeless, up from just 15% in 2019.
People who had lived in SF for 10 or more years before becoming homeless
dropped to 14% of the homeless population down from 43% in 2019.
The mayor said, While we will always lead with compassion and we have
made significant expansions in housing and shelter, we cannot solve
everyones individual housing and behavioral health needs. Weve made
significant progress in housing many long-time San Franciscans who became
homeless, but we are seeing an increase in people in our data who are
coming from elsewhere. Todays order will ensure that all our city
departments are leveraging our relocation programs to address this growing
trend.
Breed said her directive provides clear guidance to all staff members of
the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH), Human
Services Agency (HSA), and Department
of Public Health (DPH).
Family from Kansas City finds missing son in San Francisco
Relocation and reunification services are a critical component of our
Homelessness Response
System, HSH executive director Shireen McSpadden said. This
compassionate and effective resource in our system has reconnected
thousands of people experiencing homelessness with their stabilizing
networks of family and friends.
Since 2005, the city has provided relocation services through a program,
previously known as Homeward Bound, giving bus tickets for individuals in
need.
Journey Home expands on Homeward Bound with more relocation and
reunification services
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/influx-of-non-san-franciscans-living-
on-sf-streets-data-shows/
executive directive on Thursday vowing to prioritize relocation support
that will move more people experiencing homelessness, or suffering from
drug addiction, out of San Francisco.
The directive requires all city departments and staff to offer relocation
services before providing any other city services, including housing and
shelter.
Journey Home offers travel assistance and temporary shelter for people
experiencing homelessness and people with substance use disorders.
The Citys 2024 Point-in-Time homeless census found that San Francisco is
experiencing an influx of people who are moving into the city with nowhere
to live.
Of the unsheltered people surveyed as part of the 2024 PIT Count in San
Francisco:
40% responded that they arrived from another California county, or out of
state up from 28% in 2019.
37% said they had been living in San Francisco for less than a year when
they became homeless, up from just 15% in 2019.
People who had lived in SF for 10 or more years before becoming homeless
dropped to 14% of the homeless population down from 43% in 2019.
The mayor said, While we will always lead with compassion and we have
made significant expansions in housing and shelter, we cannot solve
everyones individual housing and behavioral health needs. Weve made
significant progress in housing many long-time San Franciscans who became
homeless, but we are seeing an increase in people in our data who are
coming from elsewhere. Todays order will ensure that all our city
departments are leveraging our relocation programs to address this growing
trend.
Breed said her directive provides clear guidance to all staff members of
the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH), Human
Services Agency (HSA), and Department
of Public Health (DPH).
Family from Kansas City finds missing son in San Francisco
Relocation and reunification services are a critical component of our
Homelessness Response
System, HSH executive director Shireen McSpadden said. This
compassionate and effective resource in our system has reconnected
thousands of people experiencing homelessness with their stabilizing
networks of family and friends.
Since 2005, the city has provided relocation services through a program,
previously known as Homeward Bound, giving bus tickets for individuals in
need.
Journey Home expands on Homeward Bound with more relocation and
reunification services
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/influx-of-non-san-franciscans-living-
on-sf-streets-data-shows/